Treatment of ringworm

Tinea pedis is a very common skin disease that mainly occurs on the surface of the human skin or the nail plate. After infection, the body will become itchy, and in severe cases, it may even cause peeling and ulceration. We need to take preventive and treatment measures. There are many types of skin ringworm, Trichophyton, Microsporum and other genus can cause the disease. Let's take a look at the main treatments for skin ringworm.

There are many ways of infection of skin ringworm. Physical contact, external environment and contact with infected objects may all cause the disease. We must pay attention to keeping our body clean in our daily life to reduce the chance of getting sick.

How to treat skin ringworm? Patients should be detected and treated early, and disinfection and isolation should be done well. 1. For local treatment, different antifungal drugs such as bifonazole cream, ketoconazole cream, terbinafine cream, etc. are selected according to different clinical types. Other drugs include compound salicylic acid tincture, compound resorcinol ointment, etc. Hair pulling out for tinea capitis, nail dissolution for onychomycosis, etc. 2. Systemic treatment with itraconazole, terbinafine, etc., combined with topical medications can increase efficacy.

Tinea corporis is a superficial fungal skin infection caused by pathogenic fungi parasitizing on the smooth skin of the human body (except the skin of the hands, feet, hair, nail plate and pubic area). It mainly occurs in young and middle-aged people and men, and often occurs in summer. It often occurs on the face, trunk, and proximal extremities. It causes a very mild inflammatory reaction, resulting in lesions such as erythema, papules, blisters, and subsequent desquamation. It is often ring-shaped, so it is commonly known as tinea roundis or ringworm. Tinea manuum is a dermatophyte infection of the palms. Men, women, young and old can all be infected, but it is more common in adults. The disease starts in a certain part of the palm, slowly expands, and eventually affects most or all of the palms or even both sides. The lesions are erythema, blisters, scaling and keratinization.

The above content is an introduction to the treatment methods for skin ringworm. I hope it can be of some help to you. Skin ringworm not only brings physical harm to patients, but also endangers people around them. It also causes certain psychological harm to patients. We need to pay enough attention to it, actively conduct examinations and treatments to keep the body in the best condition.