Facial infections around beard area
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Hi for over a year now I have been suffering from recurrent facial infections particularly around the chin and jaw areas. Sometimes they will get quite bad and get a lot of swelling in the area. After numerous trips to the dermatologist and various swabs and samples later they have failed to get a result really of any kind.
My doctor wants to test me for diabetes before any other line of enquiry is taken.....this is fair enough and could be causing these infections but I am 33 and in good health and also not obese....play 5 aside football regularly also.
Could I be suffering from folliculitis or a staph issue also? My first glucose test showed I was borderline diabetes surely this isn't enough to be causing skin infections? They only occur in the beard hair area so wouldn't I be getting infections elsewhere if it was diabetes?
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jason20562 bryan09240
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Ive done a few new things recently that ive narrowed my recent outbreak to: 1. I washed some dirty socks with my sheets to save time. I have noticed the rash on my face looks like my feet after a long sweaty day. and the rash DOES respond to antifungal medication. (it makes sense if theres spores on my pillow case or in the air in my bedroom, I breath them in and they collect in the moist areas of my nostrils and mouth. then build colonies on my nearby face. looking at my red spots, it looks like its all coming from my nose) 2. its June.. end of spring. Pollen and Mold counts are very high and Ive always had severe allergies to both... 3. new toothpaste- new brand new flavor etc..but im not sure how this would affect areas on my face that never got touched by toothpaste. 4. i bought some Fabreze Unstoppables and sprayed my bed and clothes. Ive since boiled all my clothes with borax and baking soda, and went back to my old tothpaste. nothing i can do about pollen and mold. So far its getting better. It was Beet red Wednesday night and Thursday. Died down thursday night and I was able to look half way normal. Friday was an "eh" day. My regime that seems to work is this. 1, alcohol (burns), 2. Hydrogen peroxide (stings), 2. Apple cider vinegar (burns and stings), 3 dab on some handruff shampoo (selsun blue) and let it sit until i cant take the burn. 4. athletes foot cream. 5. powder.. either goldbond or baby powder to dry it up. This leads to ALOT of flaking. It will come off in chunks the next day after a rinse. At this point it seems to get better quickly sometimes, mostly dry and flakey but less red. Ive noticed that healing takes place under the flaking so assume its a good thing. I have noticed when i get it I too have facial hair, shaving during a flare up usually does a lot of good. might have something to do with the oils in the hair. No idea.
bryan09240 jason20562
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Sometimes the skin on my neck looks whit at times and bumpy at lntervals. When flare ups near my chin happen it feels like my whole chin area is spongy. Remedies seem plentiful but not alot of people can offer a sound confident cause of the problem.
Your reply information is helpful nonetheless
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