Do not replicate, women feel blisters due to the wear of garlic

KOMPAS.com – This is a lesson for us not to try to treat ourselves without consulting a doctor.

A report published in the journal BMJ Case Reports tells the case of an English-speaking woman who tries to treat Tinea pedis commonly referred to as a water chip or athlete's foot with raw garlic cuts.

For four weeks, four hours a day, the woman wears pieces of raw garlic around her left toe.

Instead of healing, garlic burns and blocks the woman's feet. Even when he finally went to the doctor, the problem of the woman became two: a fungal infection of Tinea pedis and a burn.

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Kai Wong, a plastic surgeon with the confidence of the National Health Service Foundation Foundation of the hospitals of l & # 39; University of Oxford, successfully managed the burn. The woman recovered in two weeks

Live Science Friday (20/7/2018), Wong said that the cause of the woman's skin burn is a compound containing sulfur in the body. 39; garlic, especially diallyl Professor Lisa Maier, professor of clinical dermatology badociated with the University of Washington School of Medicine and who is not involved in this case, can irritate the skin and cause burns and allergic reactions to contact dermatitis in the form of itching. itching or eczema.

This case is not the first time either. Reports written by Wong mention that there are many cooks and that people who are involved in the world of food have reported burns after lingering over raw garlic.

The severity depends on the duration of exposure, the freshness and the number of onions. white The sensitivity of the skin of each individual also has an effect.

Rather than using scientifically untested efficacy of garlic, Wong and Maier suggest using antifungal ointment, such as terbinafine and clotrimazole, to treat Tinea pedis [19659002] infected the nail, so you should also see a doctor for oral antifungal prescription.