How do you get rid of ringworm?
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What Are the Treatments?\n\nYour doctor may prescribe an antifungal medication. These drugs work to kill fungus and prevent it from coming back. You may spread the antifungal on your skin as a medicated shampoo, powder, cream or lotion; or you may take a pill so the medicine can spread throughout your body. Your doctor may prescribe a combination of these treatments.\n\nMany antifungal medications, such as miconazole, are available over the counter at a lower dose and a less expensive price. Ask your doctor whether you can use one of these or whether prescription-strength medicine is necessary.
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*Chuckling for you dun get rid of dust mites, you learn how to  live with them* For the most part they do a service and are not parasites, but are symbiots to humans.\n\nMeasures to control house dust mites:\n    * Vacuuming carpeted areas regularly, preferably with a HEPA filter-equipped vacuum cleaner\n    * Regular damp dusting of surfaces\n    * Replacement of carpets with vinyl flooring\n    * Covering of mattresses and pillows with impervious materials\n    * Daytime internment of children's plush toys in a freezer\n    * Use of chemicals to kill mites (acaricides)\n    * Use of fungicides to kill Aspergillus\n    * Use an FDA approved air filtration & cleaning system (especially with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA+ filtration))\n    * Reduce ambient humidty below 70% to inhibit growth of Aspergillus\nThough these methods can help to reduce the level of house dust mites, attempts to eradicate homes completely have yet to be successful.\n\nIf the problem is allergies, then one must take regular shots...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_mite
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I don't like taking any kind of prescribed meds unless I have to.  Tea tree oil will take away ringworm as it gets rid of the fungus which causes it.\n\nhttp://www.angelic1healing.com
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Wait for sometime for the swelling to subside... Then wash your hand with warm water. This will have two effects:\na. Expand the ring slightly.\nb. Moisturize the skin making it kind of stretchy.\nUse soap. If you cant still remove it, I suggest using butter or oil.\nFinally, if it still doesn't come out I suggest driving to an ER
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Usually you get this on the feet, though once I did get a solitary circle on my arm.  Since I live in a very humid semitropical environment, I shrugged and did not think much of it.\n\nAs it's a fungus, yes, it could be passed on, I think, though contact with surfaces or fabrics which have the spores. You want to bathe in water with a strong bleach solution, and pass a little time in between, in the sun.  Also, apply the typical creams meant for this, which you can get either over the counter or by prescription.\n\nI very much doubt that it is pinworm, since this is an intestinal infection.  But you know, how many of us here have enough medical training, and even then we cannot give a proper diagnosis.  Go to a doctor and get it checked out, but in the meantime, don't worry so much.  The worry is probably worse than whatever you have.
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Ringworm of the body is one of several forms of ringworm, a fungal infection that develops on the top layer of your skin. It's characterized by an itchy, red circle of rash with healthy looking skin in the middle.\n\nAlso called tinea corporis, ringworm of the body is closely Ringworm of the body is one of several forms of ringworm, a fungal infection that develops on the top layer of your skin. It's characterized by an itchy, red circle of rash with healthy looking skin in the middle.\n\nringworm affects your arms legs trunk and face.\n\nThe signs and symptoms of ringworm include:\n\nA circle of rash on your skin that's red and inflamed around the edge and healthy looking in the middle \nSlightly raised expanding rings of red, scaly skin on your trunk or face \nA round, flat patch of itchy skin \nMore than one patch of ringworm may appear on your skin, and patches or red rings of rash overlap.you can have ringworm without the red ring.treatment..For a mild case of ringworm, your doctor may advise you to apply an over-the-counter antifungal ointment, lotion, powder or spray. Most infections respond well to these topical agents, which include:\n\nClotrimazole (Lotrimin, Mycelex) \nMiconazole (Micatin) \nTerbinafine (Lamisil) \nIf ringworm is severe or doesn't respond to over-the-counter medicine, you may need a prescription-strength topical or oral medication. These include topical econazole,,miconazole.oxiconazole...oral.....itrazonale,,fluconazle,,,
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Try antifungals, but also when you shower rub head and shoulders shampoo on it.  It contains selenium, which can aid in getting rid of tinea versicolor.
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A ringworm is a fungus infection. It is spread by direct or in-direct contract with infected preson or animal.
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Find your local health food store and buy black walnut you can get it in pill form and tea tree oil. The black walnut will kill whatever parasite is in your blood and you clean the area with the tea tree oil. That will kill the bacteria on the surface of the skin.
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The clinical name for sthletes foot is "ringworm of the feet"\n\n"Athlete's foot is caused by a fungus that thrives in warm, moist conditions and the closed shoes present a good 'incubator' for these organisms, That's why athlete's foot is quite uncommon in primitive cultures where shoes are not worn.\n\nWhenever you take off or put on your socks, it's a good practice to rub a sock up and down your toe webs, That keeps the areas between your toes dry, which is essential in preventing and treating athlete's foot.\n\nBaking soda is a cheaper alternative to expensive foot powders, yet it does essentially the same thing. Either sprinkle it on dry or make a paste by moistening one tablespoon of baking soda with lukewarm water.  Rub the mixture on your feet and between your toes. After about 15 minutes, rinse it off and dry thoroughly.\n\nUse your hair dryer on your feet to dry them more effectively than you can with a towel.  And blowing air from your hair dryer into your shoes is a good way to dry them out after you wear them.\n\nRubbing or spraying antiperspirant on your feet can keep them from sweating, You can use the same brand you use on your underarms. As long as it contains aluminum chlorohydrate, the active drying ingredient, it will work.\n\nDisinfect your shoes, Lysol and other household disinfectants can kill off any living fungus spores. After you take off your shoes, rub the insides with a cloth or paper towel that has a dab of disinfectant. (Then use that hair dryer to dry out the insides of the shoes).\n\nDon't use creams. Antifungal creams have the right ingredients but the wrong way of presenting them. "The problem with creams is that they help trap moisture, especially between toes. Solutions are much better than creams.  While solutions are more effective for remedying, creams can be used to help prevent athlete's foot.\n\nRemove dead skin. When your condition starts to improve, remove any dead skin. Dead skin houses fungus that can reinfect you. To remove it, use a bristled scrub brush on the entire foot and a baby bottle "nipple brush" on toe webs. And brush in the shower, so the dead skin goes down the drain without touching other parts of your body.\n\nI hope this information helps you...  Good luck!!
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have you been exposed to anything new.\nLaundry soap, bathing soap, dryer sheets?\n\nMaybe it is ring worm
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You can do 2 things.  Buy ointment for atheletes foot at your local pharmacy.  They are related fungi.  Or you can apply clear nail polish to the site.  It stings like a... well it stings, but works.\n\nSorry my brain automatically inserted rid in that sentence.  Ring worm is a fungal disease similar to athletes foot.  It can be picked up by walking around barefoot or from contact with someone/something with ring worm.  I had ring worm more times working at the animal shelter.  No symptoms appear on a carrier until about 7 days, so many times the cute stray kitten your petting will get a funky growth on its nose.  Once, I had a foster kitten with ring worm.  It was horrible since he had been playing with my four cats for a few days.  They had to get medicated baths twice a day (they really enjoyed it being cats and all.)
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Just keep it clean, perhaps even take out your earring if you can. The best way I got rid of an infection was to treat the earring as well as the hole with rubbing alcohol twice a day, and don't forget to spin the earring around a bit while in the peircing. It'll go away, you just have to give it time.
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buy an anti-fungal cream such as tinactin or lotrim keep using about a week after the fungus appears to be gone, never heard of the vinegar treatment
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Take your son back to the doctor. They will do a throat swab, blood test or urine test to narrow down the exact nature of the infection causing the swollen tonsils and lymph nodes. After that they can prescribe a more specific antibiotic for your son instead of the broad spectrum one they are probably using now. It is the cat that has ringworm, not your son, so that should have nothing to do with the problem. If your son does have ringworm it will be visible on his skin as small do-nut shaped circles with a red spot in center that expands outward as the circles get bigger. You can point these out to the doctor if he has any and ask his opinion. They can be treated with tinactin or similar products available at your drugstore. Ask the pharamcist.
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How is trichomoniasis treated? \nTrichomoniasis can usually be cured with the prescription drug, metronidazole (also called Flagyl), or with a related drug, tinidazole. Topical medicines, or medicines applied to the skin, may be used in people who are allergic to metronidazole and tinidazole. The topical medicines are less effective and may not cure you. They might, however, ease the symptoms. \n\nAll women and men diagnosed with trichomoniasis should be treated. Even without symptoms, it can be passed to others. Having trichomoniasis also increases a person’s chances of getting HIV. People being treated for trichomoniasis should avoid sex until they and their sex partners complete treatment and have no symptoms. Having trichomoniasis once does not protect a person from getting it again.\n\nBetter if consult and have examination by physician. these drugs are not over the counter.
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If you've tried Blue Star Ointment or other creams that are similar without the ringworm getting any better, I would contact my Dr.  Good luck....ringworm is no fun!