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From: oliver@unc.UUCP (Bill Oliver)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: athlete's foot
Message-ID: <19@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 20:42:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: unc.19
Posted: Tue Sep  3 20:42:57 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Sep-85 06:48:56 EDT
References: <440@sdcc12.UUCP> <135@graffiti.UUCP>
Reply-To: oliver@unc.UUCP (Bill Oliver)
Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

In article <135@graffiti.UUCP> peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>
>I had the same problem, and finally just stopped wearing shoes except
>when absolutely necessary (for the sake of others feet I wore sandals or
>thongs) for about 6 months. I kept up the barrage of *powder* fungicides
>(I'm dubious about ointments efficacy) and eventually it cleared up.
>
>Perhaps someone could say something authoritative about moisture or something
>to back me up?

Indeed.  While many of the anti-fungal agents are good, few work well
if you keep reinfecting yourself by wearing shoes and socks which have
not been cleaned and dried out. 

I had a bad case of athelete`s foot while in med. school.  My solution
was to buy seven pair of sneakers (they allowed med students the 
luxury of not having to wear `real` shoes), and wear a different
pair every day.  Thus, but the time I had cycled to wearing a
a pair twice, they had dried out sufficiently to allow my feet
to not be reinfected.

Within two weeks, my troubles had cleared.

Bill Oliver