Candidasis yeast infection under breast? Serious answers only!?

Question:

O.k. this has to do with my grandma. Info on her, she is 86 with diabetes. She sometimes gets this yeast infection under her breast's(in the fold), there big so it folds over. Anyway, today she tells me she has this pain. So I take a look. It looked awful. While taking a dry cloth to it, brownish-grey goo I guess was coming off. I cleaned it the best I could with out putting her in tears, and then put some more or less butt medicine on it, then I sprinkled baby powder on it. Later I found out that you should never put cornstarch on yeast, makes it grow. So I was just wondering, what should I put on there? A medicine for yeast? and if so what kind. I also took at throw away wash cloth and cut it down and put it kinda in the middle to try to keep the bottom of her breast from resting only on her stomach. Was that such a good idea? If it doesn't get any better within a couple days I will call her doctor, but for the time being, how can I help treat this? How can I stop the pain?

Answers:
You can use any of the antifungal creams sold at the pharmacy to treat athletes foot. A medicated powder will also be useful to help dry the skin in the various folds, and yes, a piece of guaze or clean cloth is a good idea. Ideally you could get her into a bra to support the breasts and keep them up in proper position. Air and sunlight will also help a great deal-though I realize that is hard to do considering the spot. In the past, when I've had patients in this spot, we used a large ace wrap done in sort of a figure 8 to life the breasts up and hold them so there wasn't pressure on the rib cage from a bra, if the area were large and painful. The idea is just to find a way to lift the breasts up off the chest and abdomen so the skin can dry. Wash her skin gently with an antibacterial soap, then air dry it. Use a blow dryer set on the lowest level, and take care not to burn her skin, though. As a last resort, to get the breasts off the chest, you can also use paper tape sold by the first aid supply and simply tape things up and apart. It's not very comfortable, to say the least- but will give some relief from the rubbing. Once the skin can dry a bit, and you have the antifungal cream on it, the pain should lessen considerably. You may have to get a little creative, and it may not look very nice, and Grandma may feel a bit embarassed, but you really want to get things lifted for air and sunlight. And try to see if the doctor can't see her, or at least give you a prescription to treat it.

You need to buy some antifungal cream to apply there. Athletes foot cream, jock itch cream or vaginal yeast infection which ever cream is cheapest as they are all the same.

Ugh, what a terrible situation...

Go to your pharmacist, ask for an anti-fungal cream, apply this to the infection, and have her wash with an antibacterial soap. Definitely still take her to the doctor, though.

Any type of antifungal cream will help clear it up. Also, if you can keep something dry under the fold to collect any moisture, it will help to clear it up. You are very right in not putting cornstarch on it as it cause the yeast to grow at a faster rate. Try pushing her breast over a little to the side to help the area get some air. Maybe when she naps or is just resting, make sure she's not wearing a bra, and just push her breast over to the side a little. Any air is better then no air and will help it clear up sooner. Good luck.

Keeping the area clean and dry is the best thing you can do. I don't know about the butt cream it may hold moisture in. Wear disposable gloves when you treat her skin, use sterile gauze pads soaked with sterile saline solution (like baush and laum eye wash) on the area to clean it and pat dry. Cover after drying with an absorbing non stick pad. If the disposable wash cloths have perfume or soap in them it may irritate the raw skin. The doctor will give you a script for an anti-fungal medication and tell you how to apply it.
It is so nice of you to care for your grandmother, shes very lucky to have you.

TIDBITS:
1. ANTIFUNGAL CREAM UNDER THE BREAST FOLDS
2. KEEP AREA CLEAN AND DRY IF POSSIBLE.
3. ASSESS WHAT HER GLUCOSE LEVELS HAVE BEEN ARE THEY UNDER CONTROL. HYPERGLYCEMIA CAN CAUSE INCREASED RISK FOR FUNGAL INFECTIONS.
4. DIETARY: SUGAR FREE YOGURT HELPS KILL YEAST.

SHE MAY NEED AN ORAL MEDICATION(?DIFLUCAN ) AND NOT A TOPICAL MEDICATION. CONSULT WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN.

Candidasis yeast infection under breast? Serious answers only!?

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