Note when using drugs to treat ringworm

Ringworm is a skin disease caused by a fungal infection. There are many causes of ringworm but mainly come from unclean personal hygiene habits, unsanitary living environment, infection from people who have had ringworm. Treatment of ringworm with drugs helps patients improve the symptoms caused by the disease and improve the quality of life.

Ringworm (also known as strabismus) can appear on many skin areas of the body such as: scalp, skin of feet, thighs, nails, between toes ... Ringworm appears most in season changes such as: between winter and spring or spring and summer. Because at this time, the hot, humid weather with prolonged drizzle is a favorable condition for the virus to multiply and develop.
The most prominent feature of ringworm is a red rash, the appearance of many small blisters that grow in the shape of a coin, the patient is itchy, uncomfortable in the damaged skin, itching a lot at night, especially in the weather. hot, the patient sweats a lot. Itching a lot causes the patient to scratch, scratch, cause scratches, break the blisters, easily make the skin infected with ringworm can have yellow pustules, blistered blisters.
People with ringworm can have a red rash on one area of ​​the body, then they spread to other locations such as: face, neck, chest, groin, ... and if not treated properly the disease can can spread throughout the body causing skin lesions or eczema leaving scars in the damaged skin and infecting others. So can ringworm be cured? Let's find the answer in the next section.

Can ringworm be cured? According to experts, ringworm is a common, benign dermatological disease that does not leave dangerous complications and is not difficult to treat. For the treatment of ringworm, it is necessary to combine local and systemic treatment. To avoid superinfection, patients with ringworm should avoid scratching, scratching and breaking blisters on the affected area. Systemic treatment when the skin is damaged by ringworm spreading: Antifungal drugs such as Itraconazole, nizoral... To reduce itching, patients with ringworm can use antihistamines. If there is a superinfection, use antibiotics as prescribed by the doctor. To avoid recurrence of ringworm, people with ringworm should strictly follow the treatment schedule of the doctor.

People with ringworm need to apply medicine to the skin affected by ringworm regularly to reduce symptoms of itching and spreading, spreading to other areas of the body. To achieve the best effect in treatment and avoid recurrence, patients with ringworm need to be persistent in taking the drug: continuous application. Apply 2-3 times a day until the skin heals, then it is necessary to apply the medicine to the skin with ringworm for at least 2 more weeks to avoid recurrence. The patient must apply the medicine according to the instructions because if it is applied incorrectly, incorrectly, applied too thickly, applied too strongly, applied to healthy or young skin, it will reduce the effectiveness of the treatment, possibly making the disease contagious. other areas of the body or cause watery discharge, burns ..... Topical medicines for ringworm can cause mild allergic reactions. After stopping the drug these allergic reactions will go away. Do not arbitrarily use antibiotics to treat ringworm without a doctor's prescription. Systemic antifungal drugs have many side effects such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, increased liver enzymes, impaired liver and kidney function, decreased glomerular filtration rate... Therefore, caution should be taken when using them. Use systemic antifungal agents to treat ringworm. People with ringworm absolutely should not use systemic antifungal drugs without a doctor's prescription. Inform your doctor about your liver or kidney problems before using drugs to treat ringworm. During the course of treatment, if the condition does not improve, the disease gets worse, the infection gets worse, the appearance of many pustules, swelling and pain, please discuss with your doctor for an appropriate alternative treatment method.