Suggest Treatment For Fungal Infection On The Body

Posted on Sun, 11 Sep 2016

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Sun, 11 Sep 2016 Answered on

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Question : dear Dr
I m having fungal infection on my body which are brown in colour and small patches at2-3 places. I had it in past as wellbn Dr gavee 1 tablet and 1 ointment for application. attached are d pics. plz suggest.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (20 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Oral and topical antifungal

Detailed Answer:
hello. thank you for writing to us

I am dr.kakkar(dermatologist). I have reviewed the images

I suggest you to take a tablet of terbinafine (Zimig 250mg) once daily for 2 weeks.

Topically you may use lulifin cream twive daily for 2 weeks

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Kakkar (2 days later)

topically Surfa ointment CNN used?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (19 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Oral and topical antifungal

Detailed Answer:
hi.

surfaz is ok but terbinafine 1% cream is better(Zimig cream).
However CNN is not the right medicine for fungal infection. It contains minocycline which is an oral antibiotic and would not be useful for fungal infection.
I suggest you to take an oral antifungal e.g Terbinafine 250mg (Zimig tablet) once daily for 2 weeks.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar