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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / Re: What is causing itchy pustules on my foot since a trip to Costa Rica?
« on: 17/09/2004 22:11:54 »
I had a similar incident in Texas but not really sure if it was a parasite. I had a cut on the bottom of my foot I got from water skiing a few years back that developed a hard callous and it began to hurt when I walked. I noticed two pin holes about 2 cm apart, so I removed the extra callous with a sterilized razor blade and then placed a cotton ball soaked in alcohol over the holes and secured it with tape and left it on for a couple of hours. When I took the cotton ball off I noticed a little red spot where one of the holes was.
So then I covered the two holes with a piece of duct tape so no air could get to it. I figured if a small parasite or bug was living in my skin then I would just suffocate him. Now I have no pain when I walk and the red holes are completely healed up. When I took the tape off their were two indentations in the tape where it looked like something had sucked them in but they were not the same distance apart as the open holes.
But it worked, so you might want to try it.
So then I covered the two holes with a piece of duct tape so no air could get to it. I figured if a small parasite or bug was living in my skin then I would just suffocate him. Now I have no pain when I walk and the red holes are completely healed up. When I took the tape off their were two indentations in the tape where it looked like something had sucked them in but they were not the same distance apart as the open holes.
But it worked, so you might want to try it.