How to treat severe ringworm?

Ringworm is one of the uncomfortable skin diseases, affecting the health and appearance of the patient. Therefore, recognizing symptoms and timely treatment plays an important role for patients. Let's learn about the characteristics and treatment methods of ringworm through the article below.

Ringworm, also known as strabismus - a disease caused by fungi with symptoms of itching, red rash or round appearance like a coin. The fungi that cause severe ringworm are mainly trychophyton, epidermophyton, microsporum...
Ringworm is divided by the part of the body that appears on the body such as tinea pedis, nail fungus, scalp fungus, tinea pedis , systemic fungus... In which the disease most often occurs in the intimate areas around the waist, two sides of the groin, butt folds and areas with large folds.
The disease often occurs when hot and humid tropical climate or suitable conditions such as inadequate sanitation, promote fungal growth and make ringworm worse. The disease is easy to recur and spread, so it is necessary to detect it early as well as implement proper treatment methods to be able to completely cure the disease and not recur.
Ringworm can be easily spread from an infected person through sharing items or by direct contact with infected skin. Some causes of disease include:
Poor body hygiene such as: Many days without bathing, without changing clothes, wearing clothes that are not yet dry, wearing dirty clothes... fungi invade and cause disease; Infection from a person with ringworm such as direct contact with the infected skin area, sharing items with a person with ringworm; Impacts from the external environment: Frequent exposure to dirty chemicals, polluted living environment...; Bacterial invasion from pets: Pets in the house that are not cleaned, bathed regularly will be the residence of many types of bacteria. Those at risk for ringworm include:
Children under 15 years old living in hot and humid climates. This is a common cause of severe ringworm in many babies; People with weakened immune systems; People who regularly come into contact with, close and live with people with ringworm; People who often wear tight clothes...

Symptoms of severe ringworm include itching (especially when sweating in the fungal skin), flaking of scales on the surface of the skin... The skin with ringworm appears round like coins. coins, maybe many circles stacked on top of each other.
In the early stages of the disease, skin lesions appear in small, rounded or oval clusters. They then bond and form a large raised patch on the surface of the skin with brown or red color, peeling skin, hard edges, itching. In many cases, there are also pustules or small blisters that blister up due to scratching, scratching the skin causing superinfection.
Symptoms of ringworm disease in specific parts of the body are as follows:
Ringworm in the scalp: Symptoms of scalp itching, formation of pustules, hair loss, swollen lymph nodes, enlarged plaques due to blisters. Severe ringworm of the scalp is difficult to detect and difficult to treat; Ringworm in hands and feet: This is a common disease site due to frequent exposure to the external environment. The position between the fingers and toes has a high risk of disease, the scaly skin creates dead skin patches that cause itching and discomfort; Ringworm in the thigh skin: Mainly caused by the fungus Tinea cruris. The patient's thigh skin often appears blisters, coin-shaped erythema; Whole body ringworm: The disease occurs when the patient has a fungal skin infection but is not treated, personal hygiene, frequent scratching makes the disease spread quickly to many areas of the body; Multicolored ringworm: Symptoms with patches of colorful lesions such as pinkish-white, pink-brown, dark brown. The skin affected by the fungus appears scabs, spots that affect the aesthetics of the patient. However, the severity of polychromatic ringworm is usually lower than in other groups. Ringworm if not treated will lead to severe ringworm and cause serious consequences as follows:
Severe ringworm causes discomfort, itching, blistering, burning pain in the infected skin. This reduces the quality of life and affects the patient's work; Severe ringworm if not treated or treated but repeated many times will be dangerous, the patient may have to live with this disease for life.

Treatment of severe ringworm depends on the location and status of the patient's fungal infection. For people with mild disease, doctors can use over-the-counter drugs such as BSI alcohol solution, ASA solution, antimycose... These drugs have good fungicidal effect but cause burning pain. , peeling a lot or leaving a black color on the skin,...
Currently, groups of topical antifungal drugs are highly effective such as Ketoconazole, Miconazole, Econazole... with the advantage of fragrance, colorless, Does not cause pain, does not cause peeling, but can cause mild irritation.
For patients with severe ringworm and extensive lesions, the doctor may prescribe a combination of local and systemic treatment with antifungal drugs such as Ketoconazole, Griseofulvin, Fluconazole... prescribed and monitored by a qualified doctor, the patient absolutely should not arbitrarily use the drug without a prescription.
The rule when using drugs to treat ringworm to be effective and not to recur is to treat it continuously (apply 2-3 times a day) until the skin heals, continue to apply it for at least 2 more weeks after treatment. to avoid the risk of disease recurrence. For patients treated for 4 weeks with topical drugs but no improvement in symptoms should stop using the drug and consult a doctor to have the diagnosis and indications reviewed.
In short, ringworm if not treated will lead to severe severity and cause serious consequences. Therefore, as soon as you notice the symptoms of the disease, you should go to a medical facility for examination so that the doctor can prescribe a prescription suitable for your health condition.