Thursday, March 20, 2008

What You Need To Know About Ringworm?

What You Need To Know About Ringworm?
Ringworm sometimes makes many people confused with its name
because it refers to the fungal disease, not a "worm". This
disease is often called "Tinea Corporis" which is a
transferable skin disease that caused by molds such as
fungus, also known as Dermatophytes. This fungus generally
thrives on the dead tissues which exist on the surface of
the skin. It develops itself into spherical shape and
spread very rapidly. It typically occurs on the feet,
toenails, fingers, scalp and all other parts of human skin.

The most common causes of ringworm in human is when the a
person having direct contact with infected patient or
sharing clothing or other accessories of the patient such
as towel and comb. This disease can also be transmitted by
infected animals or pets. Particularly for children who
usually stay closely with pets, so they have more
opportunity to be infected by ringworm disease.

Ringworms generally thrives in the moistly environment such
as when people wearing socks or caps for long period. This
condition enables fungus to grow and spread rapidly and
this cause ringworm on scalp, thighs, toes and feet.
Ringworm is also inherited by pets, specifically dogs. Your
pets normally get the disease from surroundings stuff or
creatures such as rodent burrows, kennels or may be from
some other animals that are already infected. There are
around 35 ringworm species that can occur to dogs.

One of the most common skin diseases in dogs is the
"Mircosporum Canis" that accounts for most cases of
ringworm disease. This ringworm symptom normally found on
dog's skin, and commonly, it will rapidly develop the
spherical patch on the area that has the hair loss. Patch
may become inflamed as well as having dandruff or small
skin flakes on it. The areas where these patches can take
place are paws, tails, ear tips and face. Pets frequently
get the disease by expose themselves and touch with rodent
burrows or contaminated soil. As a result, these animals
spread the disease to other animals and human who stay
close to them.

There are several ways to decide whether you are having
ringworm; the first one is, if you are having ring-shape
red rashes on the skin, then there is possibility that you
are getting infected by ringworm. Ringworm disease can also
make your hair break down (for scalp ringworm) or turn your
nails discolored, thick and hard (ringworm on nails or
toenails). Also, ring worm on feet is other variation of
the ringworm that causes severe itching amidst your toes.

There are several methods available to treat ringworm
disease and one finest approach is to make use of
anti-fungal ointment. You can easily look for this ointment
product in the market, especially in drugstores to help in
eliminating fungus from the skin.

You can also use some natural treatments to cure ringworm,
which including:

* Tea-tree oil which is the most popular option of natural
healing the ailments of ringworm.

* Vinegar is another suitable approach to treat the
ringworm disease since it will eliminate the infection
presents on your skin.


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Please visit more information about ringworm at:
http://www.ringwormonline.org
http://www.myringworm.com

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