No, can be transferred form any thing that has it. Yes, there is an over the counter cream, just go to any drug store and as the pharmacist what they recommend. Usually a tube can cost around $5 to $8 dollars. It is a minor problem and as long as you treat it with cream for around a week it will go away.Can ringworm be just through contact with animals? and would a over the counter fungal cream cream clear it?
You can get ringworm from other people or from the soil as well as animals, and yes, an over the counter anti-fungal cream should clear it up. You also could've gotten it from touching something that an infected person touched. The fungus enters your bloodstream and the ring shows up later, so that doesn't mean that wherever the ringworm showed up was where your skin came in contact with it. I had ringworm right above the inside of my elbow and I was wearing long sleeves the whole time that I was at the place where I think I got it from.
Ringworm is a common fungal infection of the skin. The name is a misnomer since the disease is not caused by a worm.
Description
More common in males than in females, ringworm is characterized by patches of rough, reddened skin. Raised eruptions usually form the circular pattern that gives the condition its name. Ringworm may also be referred to as dermatophyte infection.
As lesions grow, the centers start to heal. The inflamed borders expand and spread the infection.
Types of ringworm
Ringworm is a term that is commonly used to encompass several types of fungal infection. Sometimes, however, only body ringworm is classified as true ring-worm.
Body ringworm (tinea corporis) can affect any part of the body except the scalp, feet, and facial area where a man's beard grows. The well-defined, flaky sores can be dry and scaly or moist and crusty.
Scalp ringworm (tinea capitis) is most common in children. It causes scaly, swollen blisters or a rash that looks like black dots. Sometimes inflamed and filled with pus, scalp ringworm lesions can cause crusting, flaking, and round bald patches. Most common in black children, scalp ringworm can cause scarring and permanent hair loss.
Ringworm of the groin (tinea cruris or jock itch) produces raised red sores with well-marked edges. It can spread to the buttocks, inner thighs, and external genitals.
Ringworm of the nails (tinea unguium) generally starts at the tip of one or more toenails, which gradually thicken and discolor. The nail may deteriorate or pull away from the nail bed. Fingernail infection is far less common.
Causes and symptoms
Ringworm can be transmitted by infected people or pets or by towels, hairbrushes, or other objects contaminated by them. Symptoms include inflammation, scaling, and sometimes, itching.
Diabetes mellitus increases susceptibility to ring-worm. So do dampness, humidity, and dirty, crowded living areas. Braiding hair tightly and using hair gel also raise the risk.
fungrx is a type of over the counter med.
Diagnosis
If you consistently put rubbing alcohol on it for about a week it should go away. If it doesn't go away by then I would see a doctor for something stronger.
No you can get it out the yard also and yes you can get ride of it with an over the counter remedy
I guess you could have picked it up at the gym. Web MD said over-the-counter anti-fungal creams might help, like that used for jock strap itch and athletes feet. It is contagious. Crazy that you have it on your arm. I remember as a kid we'd get our scalp examined by the nurse to see if we had ring worm.
Ringworm is actually very common in small children as well as animals. Perhaps you could see a doc to verify your diagnosis? It might be best, you don't want to go rubbing the wrong ointment on there and make it worse.
I suppose you may have come into contact with someone who had it and you picked it up that way. It's estimated that 20% of the population of the planet has some amount of it. It's particularly common among children. Normally you'd get it through skin to skin contact, though it can also be spread through contact with an infected item such as a hair brush.
You could try one of the anti-fungal creams or ointments from your local drugstore. Try to find something that contains miconazole, clotrimazole, terbinafine, butenafine or tolnaftate. Tinactin and Lamasil are a couple of the products that may work. One or the other should clear it up. If it doesn't you'll have to see your doctor to get something a little more potent.
Be sure to keep an eye on your animals, especially if you've had any contact with them such as petting. Ringworm is fairly easy to transmit and, even though they may not show signs yet, they could be infected.
Good luck!
i'm not really sure were you can get it from but i got told if you want to move it you put ice on it for a long time.
Ringworm is a fungal infection that you can get from contact with any one or thing that has the same fungus. If your pets dont have any fungus, you could have gotten it from another person, something in the yard, or I knew a little girl who got it from a fall in Disneyland, she scuffed her knee, and got a fungal infection in the scrape. Over the counter creams like those used for athlete's foot can sometimes help, but if it hasn't cleared up after a week or so, go to a doctor, because there are other skin conditions that can look the same including certain types of skin cancer and eczema, based on the locations you describe, I think you might want to consider eczema, which can come up at any point in a person's life.
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