annoyed at the advice of pharmasist

[girlfriend44]

Have had to go to the pharmacy for athletes foot cream which has come on recently.
The pharmasist came out and said I would need to throw all my shoes and socks away? Who can afford or want to throw all their shoes away? Cant happen?

I Since read you can wash your socks at 60 degrees and also get spray for your shoes?
AIBU to think was crazy advice?

Strictly speaking the most serious causes should be ruled out before being satisfied that an ailment can be treated as something relatively benign. We don’t approach healthcare like that in this country, largely due to lack of resources, but that’s not best practice.

I couldn’t agree more. I’m sure it would be a more efficient way of caring for people’s health, to rule out the more sinister possibilities first, rather than assume it’s a less serious and more common condition. If symptoms persist, this necessitates repeated visits to health professionals with the patient potentially deteriorating in the meantime, often requiring more urgent intervention. My FIL went completely (and irrevocably) blind in the space of a few days after a GP failed to join the dots (which we were able to do after a quick google, as he had already been treated for a linked condition - Polymyalgia Rheumatica) and thought his new onset severe headache was caused by sinusitis, rather than the Giant Cell Arteritis he was actually suffering from and which ended catastrophically for him.