2006-09-10 16:05:10 · 19 answers · asked by A soldiers wife 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Prescription antifungal medication. It's a fungus.
2006-09-10 16:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ringworm is a contagious fungus infection that can affect the scalp, the body (particularly the groin), the feet, and the nails. Despite its name, it has nothing to do with worms. The name comes from the characteristic red ring that can appear on an infected person's skin. Ringworm is also called Tinea.
Ringworm can be treated with fungus-killing medicine. The medicine can be in taken in tablet or liquid form by mouth or as a cream applied directly to the affected area.
2006-09-10 16:07:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fungus that causes ringworm and the other conditions mentioned in the other good answers is the Candida albicans fungus. It is also called "yeast". We girls know it well as the "yeast infection".
If you want basic information on "yeast", there is some at www.hufa.org. It can become systemic (I am fighting it now with diet and herbal supplements and vitamins and minerals.) It can overgrow and become systemic due to imbalances in the body chemistry - such as the immune system. Mine is due to endocrine (insulin) imbalance - I am diabetic.
Any anti-fungal cream or powder should relieve it, but if it comes back, you should get checked for systemic candida. It may take finding a naturalistic or holistic doctor though.
2006-09-10 16:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by Pegasus90 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My daughter did once. You can get some medicine from your doctor to take care of you from the inside and some blue star ointment to take care of the skin. If you have a dog they may too have it. Check for bald patches on your dogs. It isnt that hard to get rid of really. Just make sure you wash your hands thouroughly when touching the places infected and anything you touch, bed sheets etc.
2006-09-10 18:34:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tea Tree oil works pretty well. If it irritates your skin, mix it 1:1 with olive oil. Apply to rings daily after bathing.
Good luck!
2006-09-10 22:18:37 · answer #5 · answered by Mad Roy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ringworm is difficult to treat. Even if it is treated, the fungi will remain dorment in the skin and reinfect when the conditions are favourable to it (darkness, heat and miosture). So continue to apply ointment even if the symptoms subside.
2006-09-10 17:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fungus and over the counter meds like Lamisil (jock itch cream) will cure it. It is contagious though, so keep it covered until it has healed.
2006-09-10 16:14:51 · answer #7 · answered by Whatever 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son use to get them from wrestling during high school. They are very easily spread from one person to another. Go to the drugstore and tell them you need something for them, such as an antifungus cream.
2006-09-10 16:16:14 · answer #8 · answered by Donna R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had it as a kid. I got it from climbing a tree that had some sort of fungus on it. It itched really bad and then I went to my mom and asked her what it was. She made me an appt. with the dr. and they gave me some cream to put on it and within a week it was gone. Very treatable!
2006-09-10 19:16:42 · answer #9 · answered by Stephanie M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Over the counter LAMISIL cream available at Wal-mart. This is the same cream they used to prescribe for ringworm, now available in stores.
2006-09-10 16:09:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋