A 41-year-old female asked:
how long does it take topical treatment for tinea manuum to work?
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Dr. Michael Bryan answered
32 years experience Dermatology
Tinea: Tinea manum is essentially athlete's foot of the hand. Prescription treatment should only take 2 weeks to work. Otc meds may not work or may take much longer. I see a lot of "fungus" that is not fungus--no scraping or diagnosis was confirmed. So see your doctor to verify the condition and get a strong enough treatment to fix it.
Answered on Jul 9, 2015
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Dr. Morris Westfried answered
46 years experience Dermatology
2 weeks: I recommend 2 weeks. You may want to reuse 2 days per month after that because it has a high recurrence rate.
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Rhoades answered
48 years experience Family Medicine
Possible: That is why the DR gave you the RX.
Take the full dose for the full treatment time and you will have your answer.
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Dr. Norman Levine answered
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Dr. John Leander Po answered
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Yes : I discuss with my pts, several options:
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