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Will Dettol Kill Ringworm

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Dr.  Shoaib Khan MD

Today i washed my underwasher with dettol laundry cleanser, then i dried it in my room, and my retired room has smell of dettol. Today i eat my dinner in my room while i dried my clothes. Would be the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shoaib Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Deepti Verma MD

I am 34 weeks pregnant and used a cap full of undiluted dettol to wash my hands. After briefly rubbing the dettol on hands I rinsed with water. A bit later I washed my hands with milk. Will the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Deepti Verma ( OBGYN)
Dr.     Arif N Khan MD

What happens if you use neat dettol or bleach inside your vagina I have been using neat bleach for four days and tonight did it with neat dettol ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arif N Khan ( OBGYN)
Dr.  Ratnakar Kini MD

Yesterday I was cleaning a cut with dettol and as I was pouring dettol in water to dilute it some went on my fingers. After I finished applying dettol I ate a piece of chocolate breaking the bar with ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ratnakar Kini ( Gastroenterologist)
Dr. Rahul Kumar MD

I recently had a case of ringworm on my leg. The ringworm is gone now, but i think the anti bacterial gel i used bleached my skin because the area where the ringworm was is now a very bright white ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rahul Kumar ( Dermatologist)

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Dr.  Shinas Hussain MD

I have ringworm infecrion for a year. How can I treat I already used several tablets and creams like miconozole and clotrimozoke. I am frustated because if this. Now am using dettol. Can dettol cure ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shinas Hussain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

after I use them I kill any spore/ ringworm on those gloves and can use them next time without having ... gloves on a daily basis, so my question is will washing those gloves in with Dettol... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Shraddha Bhondve MD

I have been suffer from ringworm last 2month, I applied all fungi cream like :- surfaze, Zalim lotion, Dettol. When I used it Zalim lotion first time about a weak regular it was gone but after a 15 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shraddha Bhondve ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Chandrashekar K MD

thinking that it was eczema, but doctor said it was ringworm. She prescribed Nizirol for me, however, are there any tips for cleaning the affected area before I apply the cream? For eg, carbolic soap, dettol ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chandrashekar K ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash MD

Hello, I basically had what looked like ringworm about 3-4 months ago and then to kill it I used canestan and then daktekort. BUT it didn t work so then I used dettol and antisecptic cream. I then used... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash ( Ophthalmologist)