Ringworm refers to a fungus infection that affects the scalp, body, feet and the nails. It is also known as Tinea. In ringworm a red ring appears on the infected person’s skin. It is contagious and may spread with direct or indirect contact. Ringworm is caused by several different fungus organisms that belong to a group called Dermatophytes, derma means skin and phytes means organisms. The duration of the scalp ringworm is 10-14 days and that of skin ringworm is 4-10 days.
Causes of Ringworm
Ringworm is contagious. It can be passed from one person to the other by direct skin-to-skin contact or by contact with contaminated articles such as combs, unwashed clothing, and shower or pool surfaces. Pets like dogs and cats that carry fungus can also cause ringworm. The other causes of ringworm are prolonged wetness of the skin and the minor injuries of the skin, scalp and nails.
Home Remedies for Ringworm
One of the most effective home remedies for ringworm is the use of mustard seeds. A paste made from the seeds can be applied over the affected areas.
The use of raw papaya has also been proved beneficial in the ringworm treatment. A few slices of the unripe fruits can be rubbed on the patches twice a day.
Apply the juice of raw turmeric externally to the parts of the skin affected by ringworm. Simultaneously, one teaspoon of turmeric juice mixed with an equal quantity of honey should be taken orally for ringwworm cure. This is also good home remedy for ringworm.
The use of castor oil is valuable for the scalp ringworm treatment. The oil should be rubbed on the affected areas of the hair. This is one of the best ringworm remedy.
Raw vegetables juices, especially carrot juice in combination with spinach juice has been proved beneficial in the treatment of ringworm. This is also one of the effective home remedies for ringworm.
Grind the seeds of herb butea ground to a paste and mixed with a lime juice. Apply this paste externally over the skin affected by ringworm.
Coconut oil can be applied to the affected areas as it will keep the skin soft and prevent itching. This is one of the best ringworm remedy.
Grind a few seeds of herb butea and make a fine paste, using little limejuice. Thereafter, apply the paste on the ringworm patch. This is simple and one of the effective home remedies for ringworm.
A paste made of dry seeds of papaya can be applied on the ringworm patches. This is a simple and one of the effective natural remedy for ringworm.
Tea, coffee, condiments, highly flavoured dishes, sugar, white flour products, denatured cereals and tinned or bottled foods should be avoided. This is not a good diet for ringworm.
A light mudpack applied over the areas of the ringworm is also helpful. The pack should be applied for half an hour twice a day as this is a very effective home remedy for ringworm.
The leaves of the cassia tree are useful in treating the irritation of the skin. Paste made from them can be applied to ringworm patches with very good results and is also good natural remedy for ringworm.
I was just recently sick with strep and had to go to hospital, there I recieved a shop from the cillin family that lasted for 3 days. The strep is gone buy my skin has endured a reaction to an insect bite or scratch? I'm doing all the investigating I can on this. The Doctor at the hospital doesn't have as near of a clue as to what I have than I do.
I had some pre-existing bumps on my arms, I mash them sometimes, they are like blocked hair follicles or a dairy allergy I've had forever, but they get really red, and I had some mosquitoe bites on my legs, they became infected and hard, inflamed.
I even began to get cellulitis in a few, not good!
I went back to hospital and was given an antibiotic to kill a bacterial infection called; Doxycycline and slowly it's helping a little but the marks on my arm have colonized it seems.
The severe inflamed spots have turned to patches, looks like the worst case of ringworms I've ever seen but they are mostly on my forearms where I was previously scratched by new puppy. When I wash him, he trys to escape and scratched some pre-existing tiny sores on my arms. I can't get anyone to beleive this is ringworms.
I'm using Teatree Oil. I'm using is 2-3 times a day.
If you could get back with me and let me know your opinion from this observation, that would be wonderful.
Thanks, patti :)
Using a "household bleach", will get rid of it instantly. The itch should go away immediately. (Possible may sting a little after applying.) Pour a 1/2 cap of bleach into the cap. Take a "unused"cotton swab(Q-tip) and dip gently into the 1/2 cap of bleach. Apply the cotton swab to the ringworm, until ringworm has been completely covered with bleach applied . *DO NOT USE THE SAME SWAB TO RE-APPLY. PLEASE USE "NEW" SWAB.* Repeat the same steps once more, if needed. You should notice the ringworm disappearing in
1-2 days. (* Depending on the size of ringworm, You may want to use a ball of cotton.)
30%bleach to 70% water, use a cottenball and swab the ringworm twice a day, it was gone in 3 days I WAS AMAZED!!!!
Ringworm is not bacterial...it is a fungus.
I'm trying peroxide plus the Athlete's foot cream, as well as taking a prescription for Clindamycin.
We'll see how it goes!
cant go to doctor or anything that, havent tried home remedies or anything else, just thought it would go away like the other one still hasnt, gotten bigger too.
Ringworm is not actually caused by a worm despite the misleading name! It's just a fungus and a very contagious one at that.
And even if it was actually caused by a worm, how would you know know big the worm is? You'd be judging it by the size of the fungal infected area of your skin.
Evening:
1) Wipe area with bleach or have boy child soak in bleach water.
2) Shower and clean with regular soap.
3) Lather and apply dandruff shampoo. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
4) Rinse, get out, and dry off.
5) Apply rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer.
6) Blow dry until child says it is too hot.
7) Cut fresh garlic clove, rub cut side on area, and throw away garlic.
8) Apply antifungal cream.
9) Cover with liquid bandage or moleskin.
10) Put new clothes on and wash old clothes and towel in hot water.
Morning:
1) Wipe with bleach.
2) Rinse off.
3) Apply rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer.
4) Blow dry until child says it is too hot.
5) Apply antifungal cream.
6) Cover with liquid bandage or moleskin.
Other things to try:
1) Iodine
2) Wasabi Paste
3) Absorbine Jr.
4) Apple Cider/BC Powder Paste (not for children)
5) Lysol
6) Eat fruit and garlic cloves
This works for everyone who tries it.
i dont know wat shud i do.,,its getting bigger and bigger now..its almost a month and i dont think it will heal.
What to do: Rub the vinegar on the affected area and wait to dry. Yeah, it stings. Then, put on a few coats of nail polish to seal it in and suffocate the infection.
What Happens: Well when you put on the vinegar it stings, but it's W
it has gotten so bad, i wont even let my child dlimb up in my lap!
i can't have the oral meds due to hep complications...
so, now i've done the bleach... i gotta say, these 'patches' are burning severely right now, but with burning and/or scars, if it kills it ~ it is soooo worth it...
i'll let you know in a couple of days how things are, but for right now, thanks :)
atleast i know i'm not the only one with this most embarassing condition :)
~haunted
But it now seems the ring is showing up more. During that time, I even saw a dermatologist and he didn't mention it being a ringworm. I've started a topical cream today & will let you know if it helps I'll report back here.
THANX!
mouthwash is also anti-fungal, use cotton wool and apply over the area as often as needed.
If above doesn't work, go to doctor and be prescribed anti-fungal pills.
Above all, maintaine STRICT GOOD HYGIENE
Well, My daughter would not take this oral medication for nothing. She would throw it up and after 3 days I couldn't take it anymore so I called the doctor back. She called in a perscription for the pills and told me to crush them up and put it in frosting, well that didn't work either (she acted like I just gave her poison and threw that up). Then I figured I would try in chocolate pudding. The first night she took it but she noticed something was different with her pudding ( I never let her see me crush up the pills and put them in). She did eat it though with a lot of begging. Well, the next night I came in with the pudding and she started screaming. I was able to get the pills in the pudding and her to eat it for a week but tonight was such a fight and she threw up. I feel so bad for her and I can't go another 5 weeks of doing this. I was talking to my friend and she told me that her neice had it on her scalp about 10 years ago (when she was my daughters age) and the doctor told her to put hydrogen peroxide on it and it went away. I put some on her's tonight (which is about the size of a dime and there is another one about 1/4 of an inch next to the first one which is very small and I have no idea where that one came from). I realy hope this works because there is no way she is going to take this medicine anymore, Im just glad I was able to get it in her for the week. I also saw that someone said that selsom blue shampoo works so Im going to go to CVS tomorrow and get that. I hope it works because my daughter has a lot of beautiful hair and when I started to apply that cream the doctor perscribed and saw her hair come out in that spot I thought I would faint. The area looks very dry now and you can see some hair trying to grow back. I thank god that it was small and she has a lot of hair to hide it by putting her hair in a ponytail. I just hope the hydrogen peroxide and selsum blue works.
but i got my 12 grade brother to beat him up badley made him go to the hospital
There are many essential oils out there people. Read and learn about them at your local heatlth food store before our government "try" to find a way to pull them off the market
has it got worse or what and what should i do?
My daughter's immune system is compromised and we have been battling ringworm for almost a year. We have tried over the counter ointments, prescription ointments and foams/shampoos, tee tree oil, and resorted to the awful prescription oral medicine that is so hard on the liver. It seemed to get rid of it for a while but then it returned.
She developed a huge spot of ringworm on the front of her forehead going into her scalp and on her ear so then we tried bleach with a little effect. Our chiropractor suggested taking 2T of colloidal silver orally daily along with a topical treatment of a small amount of colloidal silver mixed with powdered collostrum. We began seeing results the next day, and within the week it is dried up. Evidently colloidal silver has antifungal, antibiotic, and antiviral properties. Next we'll attack the wart and let you know about any success with getting rid of it.
ginger -- make up a strong ginger tea with teabags or with grated fresh ginger root, steep for 20 mins, soak a cotton wool ball with the tea and then apply. i held the cotton wool in place for about 5 minutes and then dried off with clean cotton wool, and left it to dry out on its own without putting anything on it overnight. if you use a ginger teabag, you may like to put the cooled teabag straight onto the area as well.
thyme -- make up a strong thyme tea with dried or fresh thyme, same deal.
ginger and thyme both have antifungal properties. my ringworm outbreak is definitely more dried out and less aggravated looking than yesterday, so it works. plus, it smells nice (unlike garlic and nail polish!), and won't burn your skin with chemicals (like bleach). also, it's so easy to do, and you really have nothing to lose, since it's all natural!
bicarb is also good for soothing itchy skin. dissolve a few teaspoons in water and soak area, or add a few teaspoons to a warm bath.
In my case this little itchy redish oval shape raised edge sucker on my neck then it stared spreding all over my neck about 3 days later. At first, I thought it was ringworm and I've tried all sort of things like anti-fungal creams (Lamisil, Clotrimazole etc, anti-fungal spray, tea tree oil, venigar, salt, proxide and even bleach(it literally destroy my skin leaving chemical burn). Then I realized that this is something else.
According to my research, even doctores misdiagnose ringworm to Pityriasis rosea (Pit-ih-RYE-ah-sis Ro-ZEA) *see the URL more details here --> http://www.essortment.com/all/whatistreatmen_nyf.htm
Basically it is a skin rash very similar to ringworm howevr the ovious difference of these two is Pityriasis rosea is not contagious.
My mistak is that I didn't go to see a doctor (I usually skeptical about them) but you difinately need to go see them if you can. Oh well, now i'm using the Hydrocortisone OTC to stop itching and guess what, it's already getting better.
In conclusion, there are many types of skin disorders and YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE FIRST!!!!
Bleach might work for ringworm but not for others.
I hope this comment helps for those ppl who got burn from bleach and noting woked.
When you take strong antibiotics you are vulnerable to getting fungal infections. So be very careful and keep yourself clean when you are on an antibiotic.
I have been using clotrimazole cream for the past year and a half (I like Walmart's brand the best).
This summer, the salt water from our beach, and sun seemed to help it a lot. You just can't get hot and sweaty, you have to go into the water to stay cool.
When you are warm and sweat, ringworm loves it.
And yes, do NOT share soap/towels/washcloths!!! My husband caught it from me and has had it for the past 8 months. I am starting to wash my sheets everyday now because I did not think of that.
Even when you skin clears up, keep looking for spots and get them when you see them.
Lamisil works for people with time and bleach gets rid of it fast too