Ringworm is not a worm at all, but rather a fungal infection that can appear anywhere on the skin, especially in warm, moist areas. It will appear as a reddened ring on the skin, but can also be on hair shafts in people and animals. Knowing the proper way to treat ringworm is yet another issue.

If not attended to, the disease keeps spreading to new parts of the body as fast as the older spots heal. Ringworm is due to a vegetable parasite. The cat is probably one of the most common sources of spreading of this disease to the human being, especially children.

Get rid of ringworm by applying a mustard seed paste on the infected regions. Use a mixture of turmeric and honey to disinfect your skin from ringworm. Rub slices of raw papaya on the ringworm patches for effective results. Crushed Holy Basil leaves are a good domestic treatment for ringworm.

You must use the cream at least daily, depending on the antifungal you've chosen. Typically, the ringworm lesion will begin fading within several days. At this point patients often become lackadaisical in their treatment. You must continue using the cream for a good week after the rash appears to have resolved to make sure even microscopic infection has cleared. Otherwise, the rash may recur.

Your doctor should be contacted if these treatments don't work. You doctor has a variety of different medications that they are able to prescribe to you in order to help with your roundworm infection. Allylamines are one of these medicines. Pills, sprays and creams are available with this ingredient.

Buy some plain and unflavored yogurt that doesn't have any fruit in it or added sugar. Spread this yogurt in a thick layer over top of the areas that itch badly. This should completely stop the itching immediately and you will find relief.

If you don't have the ability to go to the doctor, you could always try to cure the ringworm at home. Many people have met with success by trying some rather unconventional methods. One of the ways that some people treat ringworm is through the use of vinegar. Rather than ingesting the vinegar, you would apply it to the ringworm affected area on your body.

This is another weird kind of treatment, although you will not believe it. This came from an article on the internet stating that applying nail polish on the infected area and leaving it on for one day will make the ringworm to go away. Let me just remind you that there is no scientific and medical foundation on this kind of treatment. Trying this may lead to a more disastrous situation.

Keep a clean body. Fungi flourish in dirty areas. Proper personal hygiene should be observed to prevent the spread of ringworm on your skin. It is also important to perform regular hand washing after treating your ringworm, and after touching or treating your infected pet because you can obtain fungi spores from it.

After applying, let the cream be absorbed into the skin, until it is dry. Most would recommend covering the infection with a bandage to prevent the fungus spores from getting on clothes and beddings and spreading ringworm to other humans. Before covering the infection, make sure the cream has been absorbed. Aside from topical treatments, some severe cases involving nails and the scalp can require oral medication. Anti-fungal soap can help as well.

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