Ringworm - YUCK!

[Mr. Bloom]

OK, this is gross, but...

For several weeks, I had what I thought was a spot of eczema on my ankle. It started clearing up, and then nearly 4 weeks ago, it flared up and took on classic ringworm appearance and was very itchy!

So, I started treating it with Lamisil AT and the itching is gone, but it's still got a prominent appearance.

Everything on the net that I see says:
- it's contagious
- treat it for 1 to 2 weeks
- it will go away.

Lamilsil says treat it for 7 days...and I'm approaching 30. I started using tea tree oil this week as well.

It's four weeks, the itching is gone, it's not festering, but should it be gone or does it leave a "scar"???

[OakLeaf]

When you thought it was eczema, did you try a steroid cream?

[Blueberry]

I wonder if it's possible you have this: http://www.aad.org/public/publicatio...ityriasis.html (although you don't have the other spots). Could explain why it's not reacting to treatment well.

Of course, I'm not a doc. But my primary care treated me to ringworm for months before sending me to a dermatologist who diagnosed this...

CA

[beccaB]

I grew up in the south and everyone gets that. It's a fungus and not quite as
yucky as a parasite (I beleive). I caught it from a kitten I adopted. Her fur fell out where she had it, but it grew back.

[Biciclista]

Ringworm can definitely leave a scar. I've never seen a ringworm lesion that big on a human though. I hope it's really healed (and that it's just ringworm!!!).

I've had it more than once (seems you build an immunity but there are several varieties) I've been a foster mom for kittens with ringworm lots and lots of times. (my specialty, as it were)

[SadieKate]

Um, several weeks. Lamisil 30 days. Why haven't you gone to the doctor?

[Mr. Bloom]

Yes, I started treating it with steroid creams and that fixed the itch and the rash seemed present, but dormant. A week after i stopped using the cream, it it became inflamed and itchy. Then it took on classic ringworm appearance. The symptoms have responded well to lamisil, but it the appearance hasn't.

It has occurred to me that the lamisil is keeping it moist and not allowing the area to exfoliate... Thoughts?

[OakLeaf]

I wonder if it's possible you have this: http://www.aad.org/public/publicatio...ityriasis.html (although you don't have the other spots). Could explain why it's not reacting to treatment well.

Of course, I'm not a doc. But my primary care treated me to ringworm for months before sending me to a dermatologist who diagnosed this...

CA

I had that when I was in law school. The lesions were all on my upper body - mostly the torso, some on the neck and face. That's really the classic pattern from the information the dermatologist gave me at the time. (But then, that was a long time ago. Plus, IIRC it did respond well to the steroid/salicylic acid cream he prescribed.)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

After not healing up in 30 days, I would go to a dermatologist.
Good luck!

[Mr. Bloom]

Hmmm... I coincidentally have a physical on Monday...but GP's avoid skin issues and dermatologists are very hard to get into around here. Hmmmmm...