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How Can Ring Worm Infection Be Treated?
Hi Dr, My daughter development something that the doctor said was chicken pox, but after sometime they now changed and look like ringworms. When I googled the way they looked on the internet they looked like worm that one gets from licking their dogs so what can I get her will vermox assist in this regard?
Mon, 8 Aug 2016
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Ringworm is a common skin fungal infection and not caused by intestinal worms.Vermox will not help your Daughter to treat it.It is treated with topical antifungal medications like miconazole, ketoconazole and others and systemic antifungal medications if need be.I will rather prefer you take the child back to the Doctor to see the new evolution and let him confirm it is ring worm before you start treatment.The Doctor surely saw it when the lesions were still too small to confirm.
Hope my answer will help you
Best regards
Ringworm is a common skin fungal infection and not caused by intestinal worms.Vermox will not help your Daughter to treat it.It is treated with topical antifungal medications like miconazole, ketoconazole and others and systemic antifungal medications if need be.I will rather prefer you take the child back to the Doctor to see the new evolution and let him confirm it is ring worm before you start treatment.The Doctor surely saw it when the lesions were still too small to confirm.
Hope my answer will help you
Best regards
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