Is ringworm contagious?

Tinea manuum is a very common disease. This disease does not cause much harm to human health, but it needs to be treated in time after it occurs, otherwise it will affect all aspects of the patient's body and cause great harm to the patient's work and life. For the treatment of tinea manuum, drugs are the best choice. Such a treatment method can well control the patient's disease. Is tinea manuum contagious?

Is tinea manuum contagious? Many people don't know much about this disease, so many people are not clear about whether this disease is contagious. The following is a detailed introduction so that you can have some understanding of whether this disease is contagious.

Is ringworm contagious?

Tinea pedis is a fungal infection that occurs on the hands and feet, mainly caused by pathogens such as Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Epidermophyton floccosum.

Tinea pedis is a highly contagious disease. Symptoms include blisters on the fingertips, peeling, or pale, soft skin. There may also be erosion or thickening, roughness, and cracking of the skin, which can spread to the soles and edges of the instep, causing severe itching that must be scratched.

Keratotic tinea pedis Tinea pedis is a skin infectious disease caused by pathogenic skin filamentous fungal infection.

Tinea pedis is contagious, and it can not only be transmitted to other people, but if the patient scratches it himself, it may also be transmitted to other parts of his body.

Therefore, patients with tinea pedis and tinea manuum should try to avoid scratching blisters and touching other parts of their body or other people.

It has the same transmission rules as other infectious diseases, and also has three basic links: source of infection (patients and carriers); route of transmission (direct contact and indirect contact); susceptible people (people who are susceptible to tinea pedis and tinea manuum).

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of whether tinea manuum is contagious. However, it should be noted that when treating such a disease, you cannot use treatment methods arbitrarily. You must understand your own disease, and you cannot use things used by tinea manuum patients, otherwise it will be transmitted to yourself. Please pay attention to this.