Ringworm (Tinea Corporis) | Causes, Risk Factors, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Ringworm (Tinea Corporis) | Causes, Risk Factors, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Ringworm (Tinea Corporis) is a fungal skin infection cause by fungi known as dermatophytes. In this lesson, we discuss these dermatophytes, along with risk factors for infection, signs and symptoms, a variation of clinical presentations (including Majocchi’s granuloma), how it is diagnosed and how it is treated.

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"Tinea Corporis" (2020), StatPearls, Garrett Yee; Ahmad M. Al Aboud.

[jjmedicine]

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[imajokerimasmokerimamidnig]

Im glad I tried this channel . I learned exactly what I was searching for. Nicely presented as well .

[jazminpomida]

This is the reason why I have depression, I don't have any confidence to show up because of this allergy or skin disease. Please help me. I'm sooo tired of crying everynight thinking how am i gonna solve this.

[animalproductworld]

Very ice and quite clear video. If the fungus does not have roots in your skin. I wonder why doesn't the cream kill them overnight since they are only on top of the skin and the cream just eradicate them overnight since the cream touches all of them as soon as you put the cream on your skin ☹🙁

[Sncw.]

as a kid, i had a ringwork on my right side of my head.
my mom just went to a doc, got the meds and it was some type of liquid that made my ringwork burn bad as hell, but parts of the ringworm fell off while i sat on a chair outside, until the day the thing just went away.

i was happy afterwards :D

[KevinMcgaw]

I'm here because it's the first time in my life I ever got something like this and it was right behind my ears. I'm 33 and never had this before. So I'm doing research to see what caused this

[BigAlFPV]

My wife ended up getting ringworm on her upper cheek right by her left eye. And in finding out that nystatin is not effective, I'm getting a little worried for the fact our family doctor put her on it. If it doesn't clear up, she has to get another type of treatment cream of the ones you mentioned. Thank you for this great information

[kmmining]

Get some BORAX powder, mix it with a little water into a paste, spread the paste onto the infected area. Within 1 week, the Ringworm is gone. Rinse your bedsheets and pillow cases in cold water borax solution to kill the fungus.

[andrewc.]

I got it on my upper legs from a toilet at work. I always put paper down but it's exactly where contact is made. Blows so bad. It comes up every summer when bacteria goes higher. Hate it.

[lotwizzard]

it would be nice to see what the healing of it looks like.

[sabresnowleopardaj]

I had ringworm a few weeks ago on my forearm on the other side of my elbow but now it's gone. My Dr. Prescribed me with LAMISIL Cream for Jock itch and helps relieve itching and burning. This antifungal cream helped cure it.

[floridian]

I think when there’s no air getting through wherever the place is infected, that causes jock itch and ringworms.

[alexharris]

Thank you for uploading,
I realise that I'm an idiot for doing this but I stroke stray cats all the time, I stoked one a week ago and now I have ringworm rash all over my neck, armpit and abomen at this stage it's not itching.
I have a weak immune system and asthma so I guess that's why I have it and my partner who shares my bed doesn't have it.
I'm using a fungicide cream to help (basically all over my upper body) but I'm worried it's all over house, in my mattress and in the pillows! Even if I'm cleaning my sheets and towels every day It's made me very nervous that it will survive in many surfaces and I will keep getting reinfected! Will it ever go away?

Thank you!

[buckmajor]

I thought so. Anti-fungal treats it. I wasn't sure if ringworm was a fungi but now I do.
Thanks.

[very_many_days]

I accidentally scratched a piece of my skin off and it won’t bleed and it’s not painful, idk what happened but I thought it was a ringworm because my little brother has one but I’m not so sure anymore, does anyone know what it is? It also had this strange yellowish substance around it.

[anonymousgara]

Thank you for the info, may God bless you and everyone. ❤

[kimberwomack]

Try this: put a little olive oil in something small add pure tea tree oil like 10 drops stir use a Q-tip rub on two or three times daily on humans or animals

[aileenfulgens]

Can you have just one ring worm spot? I'm trying to figure out what this perfectly round, red, slightly raised, almost 1 cm diameter, occasionally itchy spot is on my lower inner thigh. It's been there two weeks, hasn't gotten any bigger or changed. I had the same thing on my shin of the same leg for four months. It eventually got scaly, chunks of dead skin peeled off every so often, then disappeared although I can still see where it was...the skin looks normal but there's a circle of slightly raised skin still present. After viewing this, I'm treating the new one with ketoderm and see if it goes away quicker than the last. Hate this pandemic.

[seamusseeley]

I have this, and it's usually worse during cold weather!

[kasthuramesh]

Hi i have tinea corporis in my leg and hips. I dont know how it came. Plz tell me a creame or any medicine. Its itchy in night and oozing after scratching