Ringworm?

[JChaos]

Sorry for putting this here but I don't see a health and medicine section.

Okay, I've been wanting to post pics of myself but I haven't because I have a large scale ringworm infection covering my chest and some of my thigh. I've had it for around 4-5 years in varying levels of intensity. I've tried two oral medications from the doctor, and 2 creams to date to no avail. I'm broke so doctor and medicine is out right now, amazingly, one of my doctors said, "if these two treatments don't work, check online for a folk cure". Well, I'm here asking if anyone has beaten it before.

[dreamincash]

Pray, not kidding. I will pray for you.

[dogonfire]

Home Remedy For Ringworm

For Ringworm Patches

* Papaya is beneficial in treating ringworm patches. Rub a slice of papaya on the ringworm patches. Another alternative would be to make a paste with the powder of dry papaya seeds and water. Apply this paste over the ringworm patches. Let it dry and then wash off.
* Prepare a paste of mustard seeds and water. Wash the skin using hot water thoroughly before applying this paste over the ringworm patches. Let the paste dry and then rinse it off with cool water.
* Make a paste using the seeds of the herb butea, combined with some lime juice. Apply this past over the affected area and rinse it off after it dries. This is effective way to treat ringworm.
* Extract the juice of the leaves of cassia tree and apply on the affected area. It will help stop the irritation of the skin and lessen the swelling and pain as well. Another way would be make a paste out of the leaves, with water, and apply it on the patches.
* Extract the juice of holy basil and apply it over the affected area. This will prove beneficial in treating ringworm patches.
* The juice of raw turmeric is beneficial, when applied on the patches. You can also consume a mixture of 1 tsp turmeric juice and 1 tsp honey.
* Raw vegetable juice is beneficial in treating ringworm patches. Combine 300 ml carrot juice and 200 ml spinach juice and drink on a daily basis.

For Intestinal Ringworms

* For treating intestinal ringworms, the best bet would be to have ? cup juice of mint leaves daily. This will be helpful in curing ringworms.
* Drinking 1 oz fresh amla juice everyday, for five days, will prove helpful in destroying worms.
* For children, soak cotton ball in asafetida solution and place it on the anus. This would be helpful in treating ringworms.
* Having tomatoes, sprinkled with black pepper and salt, early in the morning, on an empty stomach, is effective in curing ringworms.
* Two grams of powdered mango kernel, taken with hot water, will be effective in treating ringworms.
* Consuming mulberry fruit is helpful in curing ringworm. The syrup of the fruit is also helpful in killing the worms.

Get a ****ing doctor brah!

[chubbleton]

Hey, I don't really know how valuable this information is, but years ago A family friend of ours had a boy of 10 or 11 who had really bad ringworm. She, like you, tried doctors medications and all sorts of crap, but nothing ever worked.

Anyhow, somehow word got to her to try this stuff called "Bag Balm" (I'm sure you've seen it before, small rectangular greenish tin, olde fashioned looking). Bag Balm is a mild salve which has antibiotics in it, and farmers used to use it on their cattle's udders, which would get all nasty and irritated.

After only a couple applications of the stuff, her boy's ringworm went away, never to come back. She swore by it.

Wouldn't hurt to try, that's for sure. Less than twenty bucks I am sure at a local store.

Hope this helps!

[jay24k]

Go see a second doctor. It shouldn't be that hard to get rid of.

[supersuk]

I used to wrestle so i know a thing or two about ring worm. However, I'm not a doctor.

Ringworm is a fungus that's similar to fungus that gives you bad dandruff and athletes foot. I think most/all people have it on them but once you let it grow and break the skin, its hard to get rid of and its easily re-occuring.

You can try using some medicated anti dandruff shampoo if its cheaper. I had a small patch of ringworm, used borrowed a buddy's prescription Nizoral and it went away in like a week or two. I think you can get shampoo with Nizoral in it without a prescription.

You can try some athletes foot treatment, but i dont know how smart that would be. Feet skin is a bit thicker, logic tells me that foot medication may be a bit stronger and probably not the best thing to put on your chest.

It thrives on warm moist environments, if you exercise, make sure you towel down every so often. Shower immediately after your workout is a must, shampoo your body with the anti dandruff shampoo.

[KingOfChaos]

Originally Posted by JChaos

Sorry for putting this here but I don't see a health and medicine section.

Okay, I've been wanting to post pics of myself but I haven't because I have a large scale ringworm infection covering my chest and some of my thigh. I've had it for around 4-5 years in varying levels of intensity. I've tried two oral medications from the doctor, and 2 creams to date to no avail. I'm broke so doctor and medicine is out right now, amazingly, one of my doctors said, "if these two treatments don't work, check online for a folk cure". Well, I'm here asking if anyone has beaten it before.

It's not ring worm, it's tinea versicolor. I can almost guarantee it and you'r doctors a ****ing retard for not prescribing a selenium sulfide shampoo to use on your skin.

Buy some shampoo containing selenium sulfide (Head and Shoulders Intensive Treatment is what I use) and cover the infected areas in it...allow the shampoo to damned near dry and then wash it off. Do it EVERY day. I bet the **** goes away.

[keninverse]

Originally Posted by KingOfChaos

It's not ring worm, it's tinea versicolor. I can almost guarantee it and you'r doctors a ****ing retard for not prescribing a selenium sulfide shampoo to use on your skin.

Buy some shampoo containing selenium sulfide (Head and Shoulders Intensive Treatment is what I use) and cover the infected areas in it...allow the shampoo to damned near dry and then wash it off. Do it EVERY day. I bet the **** goes away.

Nailed it. tinea versicolor is a yeast. You don't have ringword dude it's a fungal outbreak that can be cured with an antifungal. If you have longer hair, make sure to wash your head with this stuff. other stuff to try is clotrimazole or ketoconazole (check your girlfriend's medicine cabinet) .

[blurped]

Originally Posted by KingOfChaos

It's not ring worm, it's tinea versicolor. I can almost guarantee it and you'r doctors a ****ing retard for not prescribing a selenium sulfide shampoo to use on your skin.

Buy some shampoo containing selenium sulfide (Head and Shoulders Intensive Treatment is what I use) and cover the infected areas in it...allow the shampoo to damned near dry and then wash it off. Do it EVERY day. I bet the **** goes away.

I've been there before too--this advice is excellent- The only thing I would add is to keep the area as dry as possible

[Mudkip]

4-5 years????? take out a loan and get some serious medical attention....don't just go to a normal doc go see a skin specialist or something get a referral

[everblue]

Sounds like the doctor you went to is a fuking caribbean-med-school-grad-wonder.

I have never heard of a ring worm that large. I am willing to bet that you were misdiagnosed.


Btw, get some fukin insurance. It's not THAT expensive and it is worth it in a long run. Due to my car wreck and the $15k operation on my leg I'm making a profit

[June-Balloon]

about 2 years ago I caught a fungus on my neck that spread into my face. Saw 2 different DRs. Both prescribed meds and neither of them worked. I finally went to see a specialist and he told me to wash the infected area with head and shoulders shampoo 2xs daily, pat it dry, and apply anti fungal (athlete's foot) cream on it 2xs daily for a month.

did it for 30 days and it disappeared. Never got it again.

[KingOfChaos]

People who work out a lot get tinea versicolor because it's a natural fungus on the adult human's skin. With the added exertion, you sweat a lot more and provide a better opportunity for it to grow out of control.

Plus, you end up with other people's tinea versicolor from using the same work out equipment. There are many different strands of the yeast as well, so you can actually end up with two seperate infections at the same time. Luckily, selenium sulfides work by causing old skin to slough off at a rapid rate (thus the reason the dematologist will tell you to avoid sunlight for a few hours after the application of the lotion/shampoo). This works to remove the fungus because it's a very top surface infection. Essentially allowing you to 'wash off' the fungus and the affected skin.

Good way to avoid reinfection is to bathe twice a day and allow yourself to dry fully before putting on clothes.

[bresine]

Originally Posted by JChaos

Sorry for putting this here but I don't see a health and medicine section.

Okay, I've been wanting to post pics of myself but I haven't because I have a large scale ringworm infection covering my chest and some of my thigh. I've had it for around 4-5 years in varying levels of intensity. I've tried two oral medications from the doctor, and 2 creams to date to no avail. I'm broke so doctor and medicine is out right now, amazingly, one of my doctors said, "if these two treatments don't work, check online for a folk cure". Well, I'm here asking if anyone has beaten it before.

I had it for about 2 months on my feet. I used creams the doctor gave me but nothing changed. Ultimately it was something in my apartment that was causing it...and more importantly I think stopping it from going away.

Check your environment. Is there something you expose yourself to everyday that could potentially be keeping the infection living? Soap?, bathroom?, certain clothes? pets?, etc etc. this is what worked for me and it went away within a week after I changed soaps, and moved out of my apartment. best of luck

[Kate1]

Ringworm - caught it from a new kitty one time. Had patches on my arms.
Dip the cotton end of a Qtip or something similar in Clorox bleach (dilute it if your skin is really irritated), and wipe the Qtip all over the patch - covering it in it's entirety.

One treatment should do it. It worked for me.

[Vassilli0s]

whenever ringworm would show up on me right before a tournament I would bleach it to death. Or u can get tinactin spray and spray it and burn it off.

[KingOfChaos]

Originally Posted by Kate1

Ringworm - caught it from a new kitty one time. Had patches on my arms.
Dip the cotton end of a Qtip or something similar in Clorox bleach (dilute it if your skin is really irritated), and wipe the Qtip all over the patch - covering it in it's entirety.

One treatment should do it. It worked for me.

That is an excellent way to get a chemical burn. O_o

[gogators222]

is it really safe to bleach it? I need to get rid of it in a week!