A ringworm infection is nothing but a fungal infection. It is wrongly known as ring worm because it was earlier people used to think it was because of a worm and because it used to be round patches on the skin. So chronic ring worm infections is caused when people have tried various over the counter mediations which most of the times contain a steroid. Steroid reduces the itching immediately but it can spread and the infection to different areas. These days we have creams like betnovate, panderm, quadriderm. Several other creams which are very cheap in cost, but contain a steroid and are given by pharmacists knowingly or unknowingly and these cause chronic ring worm infection. Chronic ring worm infection does not respond to older antifungal medications and they respond to newer antifungal medications. A course of antifungal medications can range between 14 days to even 3 months in certain cases but if the patients is regular with the doctor, he can eradicated it and can never have that problem in the future. Certain other precautions that you can take are to wear loose clothes where the clothes are completely dried in sunlight. Avoid sharing the towels and clothes of even your family members because if they have the infection it can spread to you.
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