Ringworm is the highly contagious infection of the skin or scalp. Ringworm is also known as dermatophytosis, dermatophyte infection or tinea corporis. It is usually circular rash, itchy with clearer skin in the middle caused by fungal infection.

Ringworm spreads through skin to skin contact with an infected person.

Different types of ringworm are :

Ringworm of scalp – tinea capitis

Ringworm of  body – tinea corporis

Ringworm of skin around groin, inner thighs, and buttock – jock itch (tinea cruris)

Ringworm of foot – Athlete’s foot (tinea pedis)

Ringworm of face – tinea faciei

Ringworm of beard – tinea barbae

Ringworm of hand – tinea manuum

Ringworm of nails- tinea unguium

Symptom

The symptoms of ringworm includes :

• Rashes of ring shape
• Itching
• Fissures
• Patches that develop blisters
• Red, scaly, cracked skin
• Darkening of skin
• Hair loss

Symptoms of ringworm begins within 4 to 14 days after skin comes in contact with the fungal infection.

Does homeopathy have medicines for ringworm?

The homeopathy has the natural form of medicines made by drug  proving  on healthy human beings of different age, both sexes, and of various constitution so the drug proving recordings forms the reliable knowledge of medicine which are very necessary to cure the diseases homeopathically.

In homeopathy treatment, medicines are selected on the basis of the type, skin condition, cause of location and modalities of the complaint so there are many homeopathic medicines which have power  to cure ringworm.

The main goal of homeopathy is not only to treat disease but  to destroy the disease completely and to restore health of the patient.

Causes

Trichophyton, Microsporum , & Epidermophyton genera of fungi can cause ringworm.

The condition caused by mold-like fungi are called dermatophytes.

Other causes are

Skin to skin contact of an affected area

Touching things that have fungi for example; clothing, combs, pool surfaces, shower floor

Playing with infected pets or infected animals

The factors which increases the chance to develop ringworm

Living in humid, warm climate

Under 15 years of age

Having Weak immune system

Being close to infected person or animal

Using medicines that weakens the immune system

Sharing clothes or towels with infected person

Wearing tight clothes

Having hyperhidrosis

Playing contact sport

Conventional treatment

Antifungal creams, gels or spray

Griseofulvin

terbinafine

Homeopathic medicines for ringworm

• Arsenic album
• Bacillinum
• Psorinum
• Sepia
• Silicea
• Sulphur
• Tellurium
• thuja