# Best OTC athlete's-foot cream?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-otc-athletes-foot-cream/450284>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 22, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-otc-athletes-foot-cream/450284 "2008-05-22T20:42:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-otc-athletes-foot-cream/450284/21 "2015-06-12T21:52:28Z")

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> [@Rushgeekgirl](#):
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> Bacterial infection, which I had for a while and wondered why OTC treatments for what I thought was a fungus weren’t working.

Yeah but if it was a bacterial infection why didn’t any of the broad spectrum anti-microbials I tried work? Borax, bleach, listerine were all tried and none worked.

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**Author:** ![jhcesq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a5b964/32.png) [@jhcesq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jhcesq)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-otc-athletes-foot-cream/450284/22 "2015-09-14T16:47:44Z")

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> [@Rushgeekgirl](#):
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> Also, psoriasis.

Seriously, fuck psoriasis.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-otc-athletes-foot-cream/450284/23 "2015-09-14T20:56:29Z")

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> [@Rushgeekgirl](#):
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> Bacterial infection, which I had for a while and wondered why OTC treatments for what I thought was a fungus weren’t working.

Well, if [eczema](http://www.eczemahelp.ca/en/tips.html) is a possibility (not usually on the feet, I gather), a bit of [bleach](http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eczema/expert-answers/eczema-bleach-bath/faq-20058413) is actually [not that crazy](https://www.aad.org/dermatology-a-to-z/diseases-and-treatments/a---d/atopic-dermatitis/eczema-bleach-bath-therapy)! (the theory being it reduces some skin-borne bacteria which aggravate the eczema).

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