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Systemic Fungal Infection Prostatitis

Hi, does anyone have information on systemic fungal infections? I don't believe I have candida, I think it is more along the lines of some type of tinea. It is in my prostate and has spread throughout my body. I have tried multiple antibiotics and have been on the candida diet for years, it all helps a little but nothing gets rid of it and it keeps spreading out. The symptoms are numerous and very severe. It is causing me to have mental and physical problems and destroying my life. I have had this for 5 years and no doctors have been able to help me. I am not sure how much longer I can battle this beast. My next move is going to be trying to have my prostate removed which is expensive and my insurance won't cover it, but I don't know what else to do. I am in the Boston area which has some of the best doctors in the world but this illness doesn't seem to exist in the textbooks so no one knows what to do. Has anyone dealt with something similar or know anything about this type of thing?
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I'm wondering if you have eczema on the legs. The large blochy red rashes sound like it could be that instead of a fungus. I have eczema it came on all of a sudden and I can't get rid of it. I have it off and on. Eczema can be caused by irritants like a detergent or other things you became allergic to. Or scents, or also dry skin, allergy to dust mites , some say a autoimmune problem etc. The ones on your arm could be ring worm or could be part of an autoimmune issue or an allergy or perhaps a fungus. You need to think outside the box here. If you had it in your blood you wouldn't be alive by now. It is that serious. Even in the tissue fungal infections are very serious when they are deep.

So if you are healthy otherwise but itch terribly that sounds like eczema. I have it and I controlled over time. Take a look at photos of eczema on line. Try Mayo clinic and some others sites. See if any of those such as atopic eczema or any type looks like yours. Send me the link if find anything that looks similar. I'll be glad to take a look. For eczema You have to change your detergent to fragrance free and soap the same thing. You have to track down or keep a diary of what triggers it. It takes a while. I have mine under control after years of suffering. I use non scented soap and for my hands Cetaphil cleanser or for the whole body or dove soap for the body and Cetaphil Restoraderm for my legs as a moisturizer after a shower. For my hands I use Eucerin Intensive Repair Hand Cream. If I get a break out now I use a prescription steroid ointment but only a tiny bit because the cells get used to it and you need more and more.

So, it is worth a try. But I would see if you can make a diary and see what you are doing and using and if there is anything that is irritating or making your problem worse. If you stop using certain soaps on your body does it get better. You doctor may let you try a steroid ointment. If it is a fungus it will get worse if not it will get better. The OTC ones won't work. They are not strong enough.

You really should get one of the doctors perhaps the one that agreed that it looked like a fungus to do a skin scraping and do a fungal smear or culture. It would help a lot to see if there were any fungal spores or anything like that. I suspect it is something else or the fungal remedies would have done something. I do understand that a lot of fungi are becoming resistant but I do thing if it was a dermatophyte (tinea)  or ringworm as you say they would have responded to the drugs you mentioned.
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Hey mkh9, I'm pretty sure it is not eczema. I am also surprised that none of the medications have gotten rid of it. I am pretty sure it's fungal though. thanks for your help.
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Are you getting help for your depression? I know this kind of problem is difficult to deal with...See my note to Jsull. Have you thought about it being something other than a fungus such as autoimmune or maybe eczema or something like that?
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I don't remember exactly, I think I had my last IGG 9 months post exposure and I had a doctor swab a bump on my thigh at 15 months, something like that. Have you looked into fungal infections or lyme disease at all? It might not be HSV. I was pretty sure it was HSV at first but now I really don't think it is.
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6 months roughly I swear It's killing me. I'm convinced this is some kind of hsv in the blood stream or something it's just so systematic. If you don't mind me asking how long after your last sexual exposure was your negative hsv test. I'm negative at 4 months but I'm thinking about getting another at 6 months
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Almost 5 years, you? I just read some of your posts. The pressure in my head is also the most severe thing and is what is causing me the most problems. I'm pretty sure this is fungal but I could wrong.
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