Never treat vaginal yeast infections with a combination antifungal/steroid cream. Vaginal yeast infections are best treated with an antifungal cream or pessary that is inserted into the vagina, or with one dose of an oral antifungal tablet. Most yeast infections (such as jock itch or ringworm) will resolve within a week. Even for very inflamed yeast infections, a topical antifungal is usually enough to bring down the inflammation. In addition, betamethasone is classed as a moderate-to-high potency corticosteroid, and if a steroid cream was deemed necessary to use in combination with an antifungal, then a low potency steroid, such as hydrocortisone, should be chosen first.Įven though some combination antifungal/steroid creams say on the packet that they treat fungal or yeast infections, for most fungal or yeast infections a simple antifungal, such as clotrimazole, by itself, is sufficient to clear the infection. The result is a significant yeast infection. Even though it may look like the fungal infection is clearing up, with symptoms such as itching and redness decreasing, as soon as you stop using the steroid cream, the yeast proliferates rapidly, spreads, and infects more of the skin. ![]() Topical corticosteroids, such as betamethasone, weaken the skin’s defenses and allow yeast infections to invade deeper into the skin. A skin cream containing betamethasone in combination with clotrimazole MAY, in certain circumstances, be used for some yeast infections: however, a skin cream or lotion that only contains betamethasone should NEVER be used for a yeast infection because it does not kill the yeast and can make the infection worse.
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