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Ring worm
I am not positive but I am pretty sure my daughter has developed a good case
of ring worm. I took a picture if anyone wants to see it to help me verify this. Anyway does anyone know of how to treat ring worm? I just have no idea. I know you can use a cream but i am not sure what one to use. I guess I should call my mom and see if my nephew has it is well. *sigh* Tori -- Bonnie 3/20/02 Anna or Xavier due 10/17/04 |
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"Tori M." wrote in message ... I am not positive but I am pretty sure my daughter has developed a good case of ring worm. I took a picture if anyone wants to see it to help me verify this. Anyway does anyone know of how to treat ring worm? I just have no idea. I know you can use a cream but i am not sure what one to use. I guess I should call my mom and see if my nephew has it is well. *sigh* It's a fungus so I'd think you need some type of anti-fungal cream. I'd call your ped. -- JennP. mom to Matthew 10/11/00 EDD #2 10/24/04 remove "no........spam" to reply |
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I called and they gave me a big list of stuff to use. My mom said it was
the same stuff that treats athletes foot so luckily we had some cream laying around for it. We even have stuff in a pump that says it treats ring worm! That is handy. Tori -- Bonnie 3/20/02 Anna or Xavier due 10/17/04 "JennP" wrote in message news:d15xc.59765$eY2.54717@attbi_s02... "Tori M." wrote in message ... I am not positive but I am pretty sure my daughter has developed a good case of ring worm. I took a picture if anyone wants to see it to help me verify this. Anyway does anyone know of how to treat ring worm? I just have no idea. I know you can use a cream but i am not sure what one to use. I guess I should call my mom and see if my nephew has it is well. *sigh* It's a fungus so I'd think you need some type of anti-fungal cream. I'd call your ped. -- JennP. mom to Matthew 10/11/00 EDD #2 10/24/04 remove "no........spam" to reply |
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"Tori M." wrote in message ... I called and they gave me a big list of stuff to use. My mom said it was the same stuff that treats athletes foot so luckily we had some cream laying around for it. We even have stuff in a pump that says it treats ring worm! That is handy. Tori Going to a physician will be helpful , because they can scrape one of the lesions , examine the scraping, and determine exactly what kind of fungus is causing it. Not all antifungal treatments will cure every kind of fungus. So, if what you're trying doesn't work, see the doctor! -- Bonnie 3/20/02 Anna or Xavier due 10/17/04 "JennP" wrote in message news:d15xc.59765$eY2.54717@attbi_s02... "Tori M." wrote in message ... I am not positive but I am pretty sure my daughter has developed a good case of ring worm. I took a picture if anyone wants to see it to help me verify this. Anyway does anyone know of how to treat ring worm? I just have no idea. I know you can use a cream but i am not sure what one to use. I guess I should call my mom and see if my nephew has it is well. *sigh* It's a fungus so I'd think you need some type of anti-fungal cream. I'd call your ped. -- JennP. mom to Matthew 10/11/00 EDD #2 10/24/04 remove "no........spam" to reply |
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"dejablues" wrote in message
... "Tori M." wrote in message ... I called and they gave me a big list of stuff to use. My mom said it was the same stuff that treats athletes foot so luckily we had some cream laying around for it. We even have stuff in a pump that says it treats ring worm! That is handy. Tori Going to a physician will be helpful , because they can scrape one of the lesions , examine the scraping, and determine exactly what kind of fungus is causing it. Not all antifungal treatments will cure every kind of fungus. So, if what you're trying doesn't work, see the doctor! I was hoping the nurse would say to come in when I called since they ALWAYS want to see you and I got the one nurse that just said to get an over the counter thing. It can take up to a month to clear up so I need to mark on the calender when I started treatment. I have a picture of it so I can tell if it gets better or worse. Tori -- Bonnie 3/20/02 Anna or Xavier due 10/17/04 |
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Ring worm
In article "Tori M." writes:
Path: news.aset.psu.edu!news.cse.psu.edu!canoe.uoregon.e du!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp. dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.octanews.net!feed .news.qwest.net!reggie.win.bright.net!not-for-mail From: "Tori M." Newsgroups: misc.kids Subject: Ring worm Lines: 13 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 16:05:23 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.33.152.152 X-Complaints-To: X-Trace: reggie.win.bright.net 1086642301 64.33.152.152 (Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:05:01 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:05:01 CDT Organization: Airstream Xref: news.aset.psu.edu misc.kids:605868 I am not positive but I am pretty sure my daughter has developed a good case of ring worm. I took a picture if anyone wants to see it to help me verify this. Anyway does anyone know of how to treat ring worm? I just have no idea. I know you can use a cream but i am not sure what one to use. I guess I should call my mom and see if my nephew has it is well. *sigh* Tori -- Bonnie 3/20/02 Anna or Xavier due 10/17/04 As a parent who's been through this, I can tell you that ringworm can be very stubborn. If it is on your child's face or neck, you really need to see a doctor. If it spreads to his/her hair, it will be much harder to treat. My daughter needed to take an oral medication to rid herself of it and it took several months. Good luck! |
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As a parent who's been through this, I can tell you that ringworm can be very stubborn. If it is on your child's face or neck, you really need to see a doctor. If it spreads to his/her hair, it will be much harder to treat. My daughter needed to take an oral medication to rid herself of it and it took several months. Good luck! Definitely try to keep it away from her head!! My son came down with ringworm on his head shortly after school started last year (he may have contracted it at camp but we didn't notice it much until a large patch of his hair fell out just in time for a family wedding!). From what I've read, though, different ringworm fungi are specifically targeted to different parts of the body. First the ped prescribed a topical medication. That didn't work, so he prescribed an oral medication for two weeks. That worked a little but not completely so he was put on an even stronger one (lamisil) by the dermatologist and that worked a little but not completely, too. Finally what worked what an older medication (griveofulsin sp?) that he had to take for six weeks. It seems to have worked, he's been off of it for about three months now. All told, from the time we noticed it until the time he finished the last medication: six months. FWIW, no one else in our house ever came down with any ringworm from him. Some people are just more prone to fungal infections, I guess. Leigh in raLeigh |
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