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How Can One Manage Ringworm Of The Scalp?

my son has been diagnosed with ringworm on his scalp with a prescription for antifungals after initially being given antibiotics that failed to do anything. Tonight it is oozing a pus out of several pores. Should we try to express the pus and put a warm compress on it?
Sat, 30 Mar 2019
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Hello,

I think you need to see his doctor as discharge of pus often indicates possibility of secondary bacterial infection rather than fungal infection itself.


Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Ashok Kumar,
Psychiatrist
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How Can One Manage Ringworm Of The Scalp?

Hello, I think you need to see his doctor as discharge of pus often indicates possibility of secondary bacterial infection rather than fungal infection itself. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Psychiatrist