Vietnam Veterans Skin Rash PSA

 "What do you do for recreation?"

"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around.

The occasional acid flashback." 

 --The Big Lebowski (1998)

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UPDATE, 17 JAN 2017:

Ranger, being somewhat less-than-vigilant with his Whitfield's regime, suffered a return of the ubiquitous rashes last year. He decided to check in with his dermatologist to see if there any new kids on the fungal-yeast medicine block.

He was assured the prescription cream Naftin is the new "gold standard" for fungal infections. He has been using it for the past three months to good effect. He likes the cream because it disappears quickly.

The investigator Lisa found its non-prescription adversary with a heroic name that only an Indian maker could have developed -- "Puriya Wonder Balm". It can be had for about $20 on Amazon or eBay. Same deal: Ranger has no connection to any of these products. We are just passing along the info for your consideration as an alternative to the usual under-performing suspects.

Ranger will be your guinea pig in his highly unscientific experiment. After a 6-month trial of Naftin, he will switch to the Wonder Balm.

. . . we'll keep you posted.

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Ranger, like so many veterans of the Vietnam War, has suffered for 40+ years from "ideopathic" skin rashes, for which the Veterans Administration doctors and assorted dermatologists have prescribed a series of anti-fungals and anti-yeast creams: Nizoral (Ketocaonazole), Ciclopirox, etc.  All of the creams, ointments and lotions have served, at best, to hold the rashes at bay for very brief periods during usage, if at all.

Lisa, being a Scorpio, is a natural investigator.  She read about a British doctor who, while treating British forces in tropical environments, developed his highly successful eponymous cream (alas, no longer on the drug formularies.) Dr. Whitfield himself has been largely relegated to the history books, though a National Institute of Health study found Whitfield's cream compares very favorably with any prescription formula (with a 70-80% cure rate.)

As neither the VA nor local pharmacies could order the product, we turned to the world's marketplace -- eBay -- where we found and purchased a small tub of it for under $10.  That has been several months ago, and Ranger's rashes have subsided as of this writing after using Whitfield's cream daily (they disappeared shortly after first use and have not returned.)

Several of our readers suffer the same mysterious rashes following their time in country; this cream may help you.

{Ranger has no connection, monetary or otherwise, with this cream.}