Rash between boobs (TMI photo). Help before I claw them off .

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Have had a rash under my breasts for months, nurse at surgery said probably a bit fungal - think that was in June - and gave me canesten HC which I’ve since run out of .

It’s flared up like crazy last few days and it’s different to what it usually is, it’s now in my cleavage and it’s driving me insane . I’m waking up scratching in the night until it’s bleeding/scabby . Smells a bit sour (sorry) so I’m guessing there is a bit of thrush there .

I’ve switched bras, I’ve switched soap powder, wash daily, go bra less when I can, try to sleep with no top on, dry with a hairdryer after bath/shower and no difference . I’ve tried using all sorts of creams that I’ve got in the house, no difference .

GP surgery closed til Wednesday and I’m guessing they won’t be able to see me for it anyway . Was going to try and get thrush medicine from Boots and see if that helps? Is there anything else I could do ?

[quote Blueducks]I get sweaty boobs and a rash as a result! This works well
www.chemist.co.uk/medipure-medicated-body-powder200g.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4uypioeR9QIViJ7tCh09vASREAQYASABEgLQdfD_BwE[/quote]
Was coming on to recommend this too.

I’ve been in agony before

Could be shingles…You should see a GP or speak to a pharmacist tomorrow. Or try 111 today if you feel so poorly.

I spoke to a pharmacist about a similar rash - not itchy, more stingy. He never looked at it and gave me a prescription for clomitrazole fungal cream and told me to see my GP if it didn't help. It did clear up but I do have frequent flare ups. I realised afterwards that you can actually buy the cream OTC so I was surprised at him giving it to me like a prescription (ie no charge). Would have been happy to pay

[quote DuffyMoon]It could be this dermnetnz.org/topics/intertrigo[/quote]
This

You don't need a prescription, buy a different antifungal over the counter. If using hydrocortisone, also available over the counter, use this for a week, it won't treat the infection but will ease the itching. You may need to use antifungal cream for 3-4 weeks

Athletes foot powder works for me too

I get this - I think it's common if you have larger breasts. The skin gets sweaty in the cleavage and causes this horrible painful rash.

Creams and ointments have never worked for me. Like other posters, I also cut up strips of absorbent fabric and pop them in my bra where the skin is irritated.

Since I have done this, it hasn't returned.

In the meantime, just keep the area clean, dry and aired (go bra - less if needed) . It will take a couple of days but Wil soon healed.
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I tried some yellow nappy cream best thing ever for rashes which had defied everything else on the planet.

You need daktakort from the GP

It makes me feel so much better to know others use fabric strips. I've always felt a bit embarrassed or ashamed of it

sudocrem

I have intertrigo - the recommended treatment is Caneston Hydrocortisone. I often run out so I mix my own hydrocortisone and athletes foot cream

But if you say it doesn’t feel the same it might be time to nip to pharmacist to see what they think - GPs are pretty useless with rashes imho.

Sudocrem is also useless for intertrigo ime.

Different creams treat different skin rashes - even different fungal ones. I've had a rash recently and tried 3 different prescription creams, only the latest one has worked. Regular moisturising, but keeping it dry between times is essential if fungal.

Does your GP have a phone call/photo system?

Talc works too as it absorbs the sweat so the fungus doesn't get a grip.

Daktarin, canastan pill and cream together worked wonders when I had the same

Intertigo is horrible hope it clears up soon

I looks visually like it could be shingles. I’ve had it a few months back, and it looked similar but not that location or pattern.

The GP said shingles can occur anywhere on your body, it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or the right side of your torso… that was the case with me.

Hope you get access to GP soon!

Definitely fungal. Use Canastan (clomitrazole) thrush antifungal cream twice a day for a week. And again at the first sight of it recurring. And a thrush oral tablet (Flucanazole) if needed. It is a fungal rash, a very common problem under large breasts so other creams (like Sudocreme, nappy cream etc) might soothe but they won't clear it up.

The best thing I did was stop exercising, and instead of rotating clotrimazole and hydrocortisone, I let it air dry and kept the area dry everyday. The creams seemed to work and then at times I felt made it worse. In any case, keeping the area completely dry cleared it up. My doctor did order a powder I'm about to pick up, it is antifungal meant to keeping the area dry, so hopefully that keeps it away.

If it is Tinea versicolor, a fungus with a growth pattern charmingly described in this link as resembling 'spaghetti and meatballs', the thing that I found killed it was colloidal silver. If you find it works and want to save money, you can buy a little battery-powered gadget that passes a current between two sliver rods and produces 'silver water' that is an extremely effective local disinfectant and that killed that rotten, agonisingly itchy, fungus DEAD IN ITS TRACKS,

Unlike the doctor's offering, Daktarin, that half worked and that was either a bit greasy or a bit powdery depending on whether I used the cream or the - er- powder, it just feels like a splash of cool water, but it works instantly. You do need to splash it regularly as the fruiting bodies hang around for ages. But it does stop the hell.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinea_versicolor