Ringworm is a fungal infection ensuing from dermatophytes that are the microscopic organisms, which live on dead outer layer of the skin. There are several methods to cure this infection, among which medical treatment is the most sought after cure. In case, if you have just couple of lesions then topical antifungal therapy may be sufficient. You might be offered topical medications, including:

• Imidazoles (lotrimin or clotrimazole, micatin or miconazole)
• Napthiomates (tinactin or tolnaflate)
• Subsituted pyridines (loprox or ciclopirox olamine)

Additionally, the doctor might prescribe you some topical corticosteroid to assist alleviate the itching. On the other hand, the severaly infected and deep abscesses might need surgical drainage. The bacterial superinfections generally need antibiotics. Antifungal medication might be given in form of a pill for the extensive infections or the infection that are not removed via the topical medicine. Several newer tinea contagions are resistant to oral griseofulvin and need oral terbinafine.

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