best foot soak for infection?

[seismic wonder2]

Do you like having feet?
If so the GO TO THE DR.!!!!

From the sound of it, your condition gould turn really bad really really fast.

I don't want to sound mean because WE ALL WANT TO HELP...but...Not many other people on this site have had any medical training
at all and i'm pretty sure NO ONE HERE IS AN M.D. and if they are, I doubt they are licensed to practice in YOUR state or over the internet.

If I were you, I'd go to your doctor as soon as possible.

 

[crazyhen]

the Dr. is the best answer. Gloria Jean

 

[dntd]

The infections are going down but now a second crop of blisters have formed, those blisters have formed large blisters and are popping eww! I hate Dr's I mean they all seen to not know the basics, last time I had this rash the dr tried telling me I had scabies! Right now I have so many thing going on other then a walk in clinic there hasn't been anytime to wait in a office for hours( On call dr,he might just be on call!) It's a blister rash that eventually pops then dries, then cracks and peels hopefully it doesn't cycle again. I had this as a teen and it wasn't fun! Today I bought a 20 pack of socks with smooth insides, going to change them often through the day to see if that helps some. The rash hasn't came back on my hands so I'm wondering if the allergic reaction has caused me to be super sensitive to something else?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

First of all, if this is a rash that has repeated itself, there may be more going on with your body that needs medical attention. Call a primary care physician and make an appointment. Tell them about your blistery rash that you need to have checked out. How did you know that it wasn't scabies? Did they test? Alternatively, depending on your insurance, you could make an appointment with a dermatologist or a podiatrist. Depeding on the actual cause, you may be referred to a different type of specialist. For instance, there is some disease that I am not quite remembering--one of the symptoms is a blistery foot rash?


After I had a procedures for ingrown toenails, the podiatrist told me to soak my foot in a mixture of epsom salts with white vinegar and hot water. I think it was 1/4 c. epsom salts, several tablespoons (2? 3? 4?) of vinegar per gallon of hot water.

 

[dntd]

I have always had bad skin allergies, I have always had a blister rash. I out grew it as a young child( was so bad I was hospitalised!) and it reappeared in my teens, that eneded when I stopped eating shellfish /fish/flaxseed. I was diagnosed by a derm as having dermititis and the look of the rash hasn't changes , this time it's just more intense on my feet, normally I'll get a tinybit on my feet, my whole hand will be covered with it though, it takes a few week/months to clear sometimes.

 

[Bunnylady]

I AM NOT A DOCTOR. (I don't even play one on TV!)

However, I do come from an allergic family (those with allergies know what that means!!) What you are describing (blistery rash, cracking, peeling, particularly on the hands and feet) sounds like what I have always heard called Eczema. Does the name sound familiar?

http://www.webmd.com/allergies/guide/eczema

 

[adoptedbyachicken]

I think given that this has reoccurred it is best to get it checked out. I agree it's sounds like eczema and I should know, I have it, but it could be other things. That said there are some great new things to control eczema, not like when I was a kid and honestly now I rarely have any. So see a Dr. and quit torturing yourself. If that's the diagnosis send me a PM, I have lots of suggestions.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

I do hope you will see a doctor. What you're going through sounds really painful!

I hope you can get the medical help you need to be better soon.

 

[BlackBart]

I use this stuff and it works great. I buy the low aroma oil and the cream.
http://www.manukaoil.com/manuka_oil_shop.htm

 

[greeneggsnham]

I would go with the epsom salts with a few drops of Tea Tree oil in it. To me tea tree oil stinks but it works on just about anything. Do a search for it and you'll see it's worth its weight in gold. You can even buy pharmaceutical (sp?) grade at walmart in a little bottle.