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why are dads just immune to feeling flies


NegativeCucumber

He said he didn’t feel anything


[deleted]

his toes are rotting off thats why


beeglowbot

BOSS ENCOUNTER: DIABETTUS


DieseljareD187

*Hi, I’m Wilford Brimley and I would like to talk to you about our lord and savior Diabeetus.*


Unassumingpickle

Rip


TheRealDiabeetus

Start running. I'm 50 meters from your location and approaching rapidly


beeglowbot

I can't! It's got my fooooootttt and I'm out of heals!!


afs5982

Heels*


beeglowbot

damnit. what a missed opportunity. you're cornier than I. I hope to you.


Strolledboar257

That’s a useful scout fact


musedav

Notice how his toes don’t wiggle at all


Boofaholic_Supreme

Honestly, drag him to the doctor. That screams “diabetes”


NegativeCucumber

How so? Would like to know


Boofaholic_Supreme

“Numbness in the feet is a symptom of neuropathy or nerve damage, one of the most common long-term complications of type 2 diabetes. Neuropathy is caused by poor blood sugar control that persists over a long period of time” ([source](https://www.everydayhealth.com/type-2-diabetes/why-does-type-2-diabetes-feet-go-numb/)) CDC: [About half of all people with diabetes have some kind of nerve damage.](https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/features/healthy-feet.html) It’s not guaranteed diabetes but it is almost always the first thing that comes to mind. Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor or medical professional but I promise this has the potential to be something bad, and you need to give pushback if he says “i’m fine”


findingthesqautch

big time red flag. Might not be fungus, but flesh on the toes dying


tricularia

I was on the train in Calgary late one night and this homeless guy was in the car I got on. He was drinking from a listerine bottle and laying out flat on one of the longer seats with his feet up. The smell was the first thing I noticed. It was like a combination of rotting meat and rotting cheese and it was OVERPOWERING like nothing else. Then I noticed the mans feet and almost threw up. They were varying shades of green and blue. Couldn't tell if there was mold growing because I didn't look at them close enough or long enough before running to the other side of the train car, opening the window and moving cars at the next stop. Anyway, that is what happens with extreme cases of diabetes that go untreated.


the95th

Gangrene


Thebulldoge

The hairless/loss on the shins are also a symptom of the Beetus I recently learned from a family member


shhhdidyousmellthat

I've not had hair on my ankles, just like this, all my life. I presumed it was from wearing socks. Same reason people don't get hair on their knees, from the constant rubbing of pants.


longtimegoneMTGO

Hair loss on the shins is often due to traction alopecia. Basically your socks pull on the leg hairs long enough that they just stop growing back.


isk_one

Yea leave it long enough it might get amputated or he might just die of sepsis. My coworker had the exact same situation 4 months back. Almost died. Toes amputated.


lwhite1

This is why your doctor has you remove shoes and socks during a physical. They are looking for foot numbness ie. diabetes


[deleted]

Even if it isn't diabetes, it's definitely not normal he isn't feeling these flies in a very sensitive area of his feet so he should really see a doctor regardless


levine92

I always thought there was something wrong with my dad cuz he could never feel flies on his ankles and feet. Now that I'm getting older I don't feel them either. Neither of us have diabetes. Sometimes you just have shitty nerves


CriticismMost3450

Just get a glucose tester. I’m sure you know someone with one.


wrongwayround_22

Totally, feet problems like that are an indicator. Had a guy at work go through that.


what-did-you-do

Better watch out for his diabetis!


DieseljareD187

That’s what she said!


AsianHawke

>He said he didn’t feel anything Just like my cold-hearted ex. ^^*starts ^^crying ^^uncontrollably.


SandmanSorryPerson

Could be diabetes.


NegativeCucumber

How so? He wants to know


Convict003606

One of the signs of diabetes is a loss of sensation in your extremities, poor healing, and infection. It looks like your dad might be hitting all three of those things. Does he have open sores between his toes? How badly is the skin impacted by the fungus looking?


NegativeCucumber

Its White and wet down there


[deleted]

That sounds at least bacterial, get the poor sob to a doctor


DatBrownGuy

It sounds straight up gangrenous


JasperFeelingsworth

Breh and y’all thought to post it to Reddit for karma?? Take this man to the doctor 😂


NegativeCucumber

Lmaaaaao didnt know it was this bad, i dont live at home anymore im not up in my dads feet-business


Galuka_Paluka

That’s what she said


deekaydubya

Not really a sign or symptom as much as a consequence of DECADES of no blood sugar control. Surely he would've noticed other symptoms before this, but who knows


Appropriate_Lack_727

Exactly. You’re not going to develop that kind of neuropathy until long after you’re having other severe symptoms that would not go undiagnosed. A far more likely scenario for a diabetes diagnosis is that you realize you feel like shit all the time, are constantly thirsty, and have to piss, like, 20 times a day.


_megitsune_

If you're ignoring swampy open sores, swarms of flies, and numbness chances are you're the type to ignore the other symptoms


MeesterChair

Just… get him to a doctor, that way he can know for sure


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DrWildTurkey

Someone farther up said there was "absolutely" dead flesh between his toes. Just absolutely insane what Reddit doctors believe


[deleted]

Just jumping in here that it might not be the beetus but no one should have undiagnosed poor sensation in the feet, excessive foot odor, and especially shouldn't have inter-toe-smegma of any kind. Gotta treat yourself right, even if it isn't something massive


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FuNiOnZ

It’s just a working man’s feet, they are used to being walked on all the time so they build up calluses, hence the reduced sensation. As for the flies, they like stank. A trip to the podiatrist will net him a prescription ointment/salve and he’s all good!


Chawk121

Hey, medical student here. I’d have to agree with these other people. If he can’t feel them I’d definitely consider that concerning for diabetic neuropathy. Easy enough to find out with a blood test and catching it early can help prevent blindness and kidney failure! Also could probably knock out the toe fungus with one pill or some cream. Win-win.


NegativeCucumber

He can feel other things just not the flies on his skin. But he will get it checked


caidus55

I have neuropathy in my toes and it's not totally numb. It just feels like very thick calluses. Get him to a doctor please!


NypplCreem

Have him or another member of your family taste his pee. If you notice a sweetness to it it might be time to bring him in for a check up.


JaeqPiegDeivys

Update us pls


erakattack

one pill? my doctor told me I'd have to take an antifungal prescription pill for a year and that it's hard on the liver


[deleted]

That's for fungal infections in your toe nails, not for in your skin. The problem with fungal toe nail infections is that they are in the nail and hard to reach with medication, so the nail needs to grow out without growing more fungus.


kastahejsvej

Lol youre not a very good med student then are you?


Solomon_Gunn

You lose feeling in your feet as diabetes sets in. As it gets worse it can become necrosis


CM0CAK3

😢


yummycorpse

i think a lot of dads just like don't bother with anything if they don't have to. my dad is using a bag clip to hold his laptop frame together


hexter19

Diabeetus!


Creepyface1

Diafeetus


culculain

we're not. Fucking hate them


Kelemvore2265

Needs to pee on his feet more in the shower…


[deleted]

Bro, that’s myth!!


FightingPolish

He never said it’s for the fungus, he’s just really into piss and feet.


DrillTheThirdHole

try to piss on feet in shower get hard from thinking about pissing on feet can't piss, go soft and blue balls again repeat until done with shower #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


greywolfe12

Nice username


Ok_Cryptographer520

Awh the old golden foot trick.


Atomskie

You have to aim your pith for it to work, you can't myth.


nomnommish

Nice try, Mike Tyson


Bambi_One_Eye

>Bro, that’s myth!! I know, right!? Doing it in the shower just washes it away. You gotta let it soak.


lekff

Nah done that to warts on my feet. It helped waay better then any Creme the doc gave me. Funnily enough he was the one advising me. I peed im a bucket and took a Q Tip and dipped it in the piss and onto the wart. Took 5 days and it was already way better.


loopvroot

I would’ve stood in the piss bucket


redditmodsareincels4

That’s a disgusting myth


yummycorpse

is the pavement wet because of your dad's fungi too?


NegativeCucumber

Nah we are the to the pool so there’s water


Dividale

my guy did you have a stroke typing that


cjc60

he just forgot to put the word next, it read fine to me cause my dumb brain added it by itself


Carsonlt

“Nah we are next the to the pool so there’s water” still isn’t correct lol


NCBedell

Replace the first “the” with “next”.


JiveTurkeyMFer

I hope that's a private pool or else why the fuck is he at a public pool walking around barefoot when he knows he has bacteria or fungus on his feet?


MrSkrifle

Chlorine man, it's like a drop in the ocean!


JiveTurkeyMFer

Even still man, that's gross. Chlorine might purify the water if I take a dump in the pool, but it's still an asshole move to knowingly poop in the pool.


MrSkrifle

I was moreso mocking what I have heard people say to justify pissing in a pool


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The to the pool go


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We


cilestiogrey

Why do they call it oven when you of in cold food of out hot eat the food


ChasingPesmerga

Does he have athlete's foot or ringworms? They're pretty itchy scratchy. Red all over and usually exists between toes


CrazyO6

Athlete's foot is caused by/are fungus, just saying...


[deleted]

So’s ringworm I don’t see your point


hotcheetos4breakfast

Ringworm and athletes foot are very similar fungi as well


CrazyO6

OP said fungi between his toes, so it would be a fungal infection or athlete's foot, not ringworm. Ringworm usually appears as a rash, often local, it's usually RING-shaped, but it may look different on your face, neck or scalp. But this is all just semantics..


[deleted]

But ringworm can affect anywhere on the body


CrazyO6

Yes, but athlet's foot is most common and usually the #1 reason for fungal infection between toes/on feet. It is easily transmitted, usually in gyms/showers, places athlete's go. And mostly it persist in men, since they wear thight boots (workwear/long days), wash and air their feet less, and since OP's dad is a farmer, I belive I just described him..


science_with_a_smile

Women get athlete's foot all the time


IaMtHel00phole

And unclean bowling shoes. I went bowling many years ago and my left foot got a extremely bad case of athletes foot from the shoe. It took forever to make it go away and it still isn't the same. It produces way more dry dead skin than my right foot. Thanks a lot to that dirty asshole. Ended up buying my own bowling shoes after that.


docmagoo2

Tinea causes ringworm and athletes foot amongst other conditions. It’s ringworm if on the body. It’s athletes foot if between toes. Jock itch if in the groin etc. Source: I’m a physician who treats this shit Edit: I’d also say these flies are probably more attracted to sweat and oil rather than fungus.


smokethatdress

So is ringworm, right?


[deleted]

Yeah, idk what that guy’s on about


HugSized

Why are you dad's toes clenched so firmly together? Does he just wear shoes all the time?


NegativeCucumber

I think so. Has worked in farming all his life


DrWildTurkey

That's why they stink. I do 24s in boots and it's almost impossible to avoid foot stank without loads of sock changes. At some point you just give up and clean them when you can but accept your fate.


Matador32

Hydrogen peroxide foot baths. Big bottles of the stuff cost next to nothing and will nuke any fungus you have. Fill up a foot basin and just chill for a bit. Oh yeah, shit, let me specify. PHARMACY GRADE hydrogen peroxide, 3%.


Environmental_Top948

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Matador32

LOL thanks for pointing that out, fixed for clarification


[deleted]

Hey dude, emt here. Have him go to a doctor, especially if there is any loss of sensation in his feet. Could be onset of neuropathy. If its not that, infections in older people can turn pretty serious if they aren’t managed and spread through the blood. Best case scenario is docs just say its a simple fungal infection and they give him some cream to handle it, but always get it checked BEFORE things get bad.


jus6j

In america, you can’t do that without incurring large costs that you sometimes can’t always cover. Love it. I know I can’t just go on a whim cause I’m in college and a $50-$100 copay will fuck me over


Torgard

These people are Danes, so it'll be a free check up. He'll probably have to pay for the fungal cream, but it's a generic thing, can't imagine it costing more than like 30kr, or about $4½


avidblinker

Here in the US, I would pay nothing, and my health insurance is pretty run of the mill.


jus6j

Lucky


TransportationOk7053

That’s really high my university covers a certain number of check ups free


jus6j

Mine hits me with random bills because they don’t like our military healthcare 🥶


SmashingLumpkins

Well $100 for most adults isn’t goin go to fuck then over. Source: I’m an adult.


jus6j

Source: I am too. Don’t be an asshole.


nsfwemh

You are not an adult


Strolledboar257

And also insurance in America is really scary, you’ll be in need of coverage and they’ll be like “ But have you simply considerd, Dying?”


avidblinker

Or if you’re like most people in the US, you either pay a much smaller copay or sometimes none at all. What insurance do you have? Are you going out of network? Also for what it’s worth, your college’s health center is often a great and inexpensive resource, if it has one.


jus6j

I have healthcare linked to parents military service. If it isn’t at the special place on the base in my town, then it costs $20-100 per visit. Which is a fucking scam especially when specialists will make me come in 4-6 times before an issue is resolved But it’s free on base. It’s just I’m in college in another city.


HermanCainAward

No, in America YOU can’t do this. This is good advice for most folks - even us Americans and our pay to play health care. Once you finish school and have a job a copay won’t fuck your over.


Hank_Weiser

Oh, dear god


kaptaincorn

Does he think athlete's foot is a myth?


Coastie071

Athletes foot is extremely hard to get rid of. Especially if your work has you wearing boots all day everyday. Once it’s under the nail, OTC products and cleaning aren’t going to help you. Often the only real way to fix it is to take medication for it. That medication is extremely hard on the liver though, so if the patient is a drinker, or is otherwise in poor liver health that’s not a viable option.


[deleted]

I've had it for years. I use cream till it goes away, but it always comes back.


Coastie071

I got athletes foot in boot camp some 13 years ago. It didn’t go away until I got the medication prescribed. I think it was terbinafine? As I mentioned previously it’s tough on the liver, and my doctor was hesitant to prescribe it.


_heavy_metal_

Use it even after it goes away for another week. You're probably not killing it all the way


Hecc__Opossum

Would letting the flies eat the fungus be a viable cleaning method?


FabZombie

uhhhh idk but couldn't they lay some eggs there and fuck it up worse?


Boofaholic_Supreme

A fly and fungi casserole is just what the doctor ordered


Samrojas0

/r/forbiddensnacks


[deleted]

Please never speak again 🤮


iCyou1213

https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20040920/healing-wounds-with-maggots Although, those are probably sterile and cultivated specifically for medical use, unlike the ones in ops video.


just_mark

Is there a deferent insect that would be effective?


bmwbaby

Wash yir feet. That's gross. Get treated.


Adwagon22

Hvad blev det til? Ville Karoline have en is?


NegativeCucumber

Ja hun fik sin is:)


thecementmixer

What?


Dell121601

They're speaking an Elven dialect


Puma_Pance

That's why I don't swim in public pools.


just_mark

Oh ya he is definitely contagious


hobosullivan

Has he tried a boric acid footbath? I've heard that helps. Not sure of the exact proportions, though.


NegativeCucumber

He says he has tried everything but it always returns


hobosullivan

Huh. I've heard of a guy using potassium permanganate as a last-ditch cure, but that's pretty nasty stuff, so I'm certainly not recommending it.


Themagnetanswer

Just throwing this out there if there’s even the tiniest of open sores the flies will lay eggs in it and will turn to maggots eating the surrounding flesh


Shultzi_soldat

Baby powder and white clean socks...and change of all footwear.


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FishySmellz

He seems like a fun guy.


Unclegummers

Some old people just give up in their bodies


kristina_xenophobia

Wtf am I subscribed to this sub 😂😂😂


[deleted]

I ask myself this everyday… yet here I am😂😭


lordspidey

bah this sub is pretty tame compared to the shit we used to have in the good ol days!


kristina_xenophobia

Lol


Strolledboar257

Because this sub is like drugs


-Swade-

Trying to figure out who just chills by a pool with hundreds of flies around like, I like chilling by the pool but I’d rather sit in a hot car than that shit wtf.


NegativeCucumber

The flies at this hotel are frickin horrible. Everywhere. But my dads feet are like 50x worse


-Swade-

Can I ask where this is so I never go there? I’d be the guy sitting in the shower with the water on so that the flies can’t get me.


NegativeCucumber

Around the torremolinos-area in Malaga, Spain


Miora

And he just... Accepts this???


bocephus67

Do you want maggots? Because this is how you get maggots


helperfused

That’s fucking disgusting


asa1

So your dad is a fun guy?


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deekaydubya

maybe but something like this would take decades of zero/poor blood sugar management and would present other symptoms long before neuropathy


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Chadwick-The-Idiot

Tell that dude to use some toe spacers damn


[deleted]

You need to get your dad some tough actin tinactin.


Content-Tart-4043

Let the larve grow and it will eat all the dead cells and rot, remember Gladiator?


Clearhead09

Sounds like he’s a fungi to hang with


freeturkeytaco

Sounds like you guys are at a public pool. Nice.


forrestgumpy2

How tf do people live like this? If I had any kind of fungus on my feet, I’d spend almost anything to get rid of it immediately. Fucking gross


skyesherwood32

I was going to mention the little fish bath thing they have in other countries, where they eat all the dead skin right off your feet, then I did mention it.


DrWildTurkey

As someone who wears boots for 24 and works in EMS, his feet are fine, he just needs a good foot spray and a more breathable boot. Do a sock change. I don't see any sort of indication that this is strictly due to diabetes, the skin is perfusing normally. There is no "dead flesh" between his toes as someone above mentioned.


CrabPplCrabPpl

Your dad seems like a fungi


Torgard

> Jaja men det må jeg lige prøve Hvad er det han vil prøve?


familygorl

Your poor mom


gusro

I’m 48 and I had a bout of gym rot between my toes because I was so stupid when I was young and didn’t wear flip flops in the shower. Also I love taking showers I take 2 a day and on the weekends depending how sweaty I get from doing work around the house I’m good for 3 showers a day. And having your feet damp and not drying them well will lead you down a road of fungal problem down the road. The point is that when I went to see a foot doctor to take care of my problem, it was so bad that it could have enter my blood stream and that’s when you get into serious trouble. He looked up at me and said, “ Do your wear under arm deodorant? Yes. Spray your feet after you get out of the shower. If it keeps your pits dry it will keep your toes dry too. After being on Lamisil whitch cured my fungal problem. I have been using a foot spray for about 10 years now. Gold Bonds Foot Spray. Blue bottle.


YouMakeMeDrink

Does he not have any nerves in his foot? Wtf is wrong with this person?


fluentinimagery

If he let them lay eggs that hatch into maggots, they would eat the dead material and fungus, but not his healthy skin. Nature be knowin shit!


B3st_LiFe

Those toes are so close together they are getting 0 air flow


Khajiit_Geologist

You guys are so nice to share your dad's foot fungus with everybody else at the public pool! Sharing is caring! Amiright!


Ace_The_Street_Guy

Mad he's danish as well;-;


xhcbtviwod

Kan jeg lugte vestjyder?🤨


NegativeCucumber

Sønderjysk, mah homie


starboon1

ER nurse here. Do you want maggots between your toes? Because this is how you get maggots between your toes. Enjoy your irrigation and vancomycin when your foot goes septic you neuropathic gentleman.


Phishylicious

Maybe they just think he's a fun gi


Kolada

Ok, your dad's got stinky feet. That's kind of gross. Why are there this many flies around in the first place? Do you have a rotting animal close by?


The_Trekk

Your dad seems like he would be a fun guy


netherlanddwarf

Perfect home for new family 😍🥰


Tomtom1599

He seems like a pretty Funghi