Human Ringworm

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Just wondering really as my sister has recently developed this. She's only 5 and is barely around horses (maybe once every few months) so I'm not too sure where she contracted it from :confused: I had it a few years back but I picked that up from a horse so I knew how I managed to get it, this really has stumped me though :o

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 
Go to the chemist, they won't be shocked (as I tried to pull up my tee shirt to show the assistant, who asked if I would like to go into a private room!)

A child won't have any resistance, so it is something easily picked up.
Are you sure it is ringworm though? It could be something else, so maybe with a 5 year old a trip to the GP is a good idea.
 
Does she have any contact with hedgehogs? A strange question I know, but my mum's a vet and has often contracted ringworm off hedgehogs because something like over 60% of hedgehogs have ringworm?
Second going to the chemists/doctor, best to be on the safe side!:)
 
She could have picked it up anywhere rural as it can lie dormant for up to 12 months on more or less anything that an infected animal could have touched, so a fence post, gate, barn door, bedding, tree etc etc or more directly if she has come into contact with an infected animal.

Ringworm is a fungal infection and is very common on cattle, is contagious through skin contact but relatively harmless and can be treated very effectively.

(This is as I understand it - my horse has just had it and had two weeks treatment with Imaverol and it cleared up very quickly. I did have to treat/disinfect everything he'd come into contact with, so it's a pain to deal more than anything).
 
My mum has taken her to the docs and she's been given canesten cream (sp), we suspected it was ringworm before as we obviously saw it on me a few years ago and my dad when he worked on a farm.
It's definitely ringworm though, but my sister doesn't know it as she's a sensitive wee soul and we don't want to panic/upset her:o
 
i went to the doctor the first time and then the next 3 times i had it i just used the stuff they gave me... are you sure its ringworm though? i would go to the GP just in case :)
 
tiggybeans said:
She could have picked it up anywhere rural as it can lie dormant for up to 12 months on more or less anything that an infected animal could have touched, so a fence post, gate, barn door, bedding, tree etc etc or more directly if she has come into contact with an infected animal.

Ringworm is a fungal infection and is very common on cattle, is contagious through skin contact but relatively harmless and can be treated very effectively.

(This is as I understand it - my horse has just had it and had two weeks treatment with Imaverol and it cleared up very quickly. I did have to treat/disinfect everything he'd come into contact with, so it's a pain to deal more than anything).
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Oh right okay, well she's not been anywhere that I can think of that she could have contracted it from, she was at my work to meet the ponies recently but she already had a small patch at this point (it's on her side so it was well out of the way from anyone/ponies coming into contact with it)
 
I had ringworm and was too nervous to go to the Drs about it so treated myself at home. You can use nail polish to paint over the patch, leave it on there and itll suffocate the fungus. You can mix bleach and water and hold a wet cloth with it on the patch but it hurts like heck lol good luck :-)
 
Tea tree oil will easily kill ringworm. Don't be embarrassed about it - I once had to go to the doctor with SCABIES on my hands :eek:. Caught it off a rescue dog.
 
Good heavens! There is nothing to be frightened of, in ringworm and the only way your sister will learn to deal with the things she will meet in life is for her family to be very matter-of-fact about them. If you 'make a drama out of a crisis' or even out of an everyday event, she will learn to do the same and find it very difficult to deal with anything out of the ordinary as she grows up. Children need to learn how to be resilient if they are going to be successful in life (no matter how you define successful).

How did Mum manage to stop her hearing what the doctor said it was?

You must tell her school, to avoid her passing it on. This is probably where she caught it herself.
 
GrumpyMare said:
I had ringworm and was too nervous to go to the Drs about it so treated myself at home. You can use nail polish to paint over the patch, leave it on there and itll suffocate the fungus. You can mix bleach and water and hold a wet cloth with it on the patch but it hurts like heck lol good luck :-)
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If it were on me I'd try that but she's only wee so don't want to end up causing a lot of pain to her...

Pearlsasinger said:
Good heavens! There is nothing to be frightened of, in ringworm and the only way your sister will learn to deal with the things she will meet in life is for her family to be very matter-of-fact about them. If you 'make a drama out of a crisis' or even out of an everyday event, she will learn to do the same and find it very difficult to deal with anything out of the ordinary as she grows up. Children need to learn how to be resilient if they are going to be successful in life (no matter how you define successful).

How did Mum manage to stop her hearing what the doctor said it was?

You must tell her school, to avoid her passing it on. This is probably where she caught it herself.
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It isn't my decision to keep it quiet from her but as she has dry skin and quite often breaks out in patches it's been passed off as one of them. I'm not sure how Mum managed to stop her hearing it tbh, although knowing my sister she probably wasn't paying an attention at all so it was easily done :rolleyes:
 
The first time i got ringworm was on my leg when i scraped it on a garden chair. It bled, scabbed, healed and started itching when the scab came loose. A week later i had 3/4 rings on my leg. Second time i had severe sunburn on my lower back. Started peeling/itching and i had maybe 30 rings. Have been told by a gp friend that some people are more susceptible after first infection - i get it a lot! After several trial treatments, most of which take weeks or even months to clear, the quickest way to get rid is to stop oxygen from getting to it. I dust athletes foot powder on and coat with clear nail polish. Dust over the top and polish again and leave for 3/4 days. If it cracks just keep dusting and remove with nail polish remover. Repeat if necessary but its usually gone within this time. Fastest way to get rid, takes 24hrs if you catch it quick enough!

Canesten took 6wks and didnt stop the itching either.
 
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