I am open to any advice that might ease my misery. I am a 36 year old married female. I live in a subtropical climate. Shortly after the birth of my twins (now 7), I began to get a fairly bad rash in my bikini area and under my arms. I thought this was razor burn. I thought my skin had become more sensitive, or hair thicker due to hormonal changes. Turns out I think it was jock itch ( ringworm, tineas corporis). I stopped shaving with a razor and started washing it with Betadine and it would usually go away towards the end of the summer.

I have recently and am currently having a horrible outbreak. I have treated the rash with miconazole, tolnaftate, clotrimazole 1%, oral Diflucan and of course betadine twice daily. I then got a prescription from my primary physician for Nystatin, which I used as directed. Twice a day for 2 weeks. The rash went completely away with Nystatin - then promptly came back. I visited my doctor (gp) who agreed that it was a recurrent fungal infection and has now prescribed Lotrisone ( the generic is clotrimazole 10% beta...something or another..a topical steriod type thing). The lotrisone cream seems to be having little or no effect...

In fact...other than the Nystatin...nothing has helped except going to a tanning bed. Duke University research has shown that these fungi don't live well in extreme light situations...so I'm assuming that is why the tanning bed helps....but it only seems to make the fungi go dormant. I want to get rid of this....I'm worried about passing it to family. DOES ANYONE have any experience with resistant fungal infections. Note: I am not diabetic, nor do I have any immune defiencency.

Please help. I wake up every 3 hours at night with itching and burning. Thanks - D.