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Ringworm

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mumtoseven · 12/02/2016 20:37

Help I've got ringworm 😟

So I went to gp on Tuesday as I had a sore on my foot (heel) that wasn't healing. Started as a blister and 2 months later has spread also it has a pulsating sensation sometimes Doctor diagnosed it as ringworm and gave me some daktacort cream.
Since then I've started getting ringworm on my legs,arms,stomach,neck and back. A few spots on each area. I feel itchy just looking at it.
Have tried to avoid touching areas (except when applying cream), been careful with towels/clothes, but it just seems to be spreading.

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dementedpixie · 12/02/2016 21:55

Doesn't sound like ringworm if it was a blister. Could you go back and see whether there is something else they could prescribe

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dementedpixie · 12/02/2016 21:58

Does it look similar to this?

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mumtoseven · 12/02/2016 22:11

the ones on the rest of my body do, the one on my foot is more of a cut/sore with a large red ring around it.

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dementedpixie · 12/02/2016 22:13

Discoid eczema looks similar. It can often get confused with ringworm

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dementedpixie · 12/02/2016 22:16

I would go back as I don't think ringworm spreads as quickly as that

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mumtoseven · 12/02/2016 22:18

This was taken earlier today, the skin heals over it but crack and peels off .

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donajimena · 12/02/2016 22:21

I had it and I can remember the pulsating sensation. I had tablets as well as cream but I can't remember what they were called as I lived in Spain at the time.

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BlackSwan · 12/02/2016 22:25

You can take oral terbinafine but you may have to have your liver function checked in order to take it. If it is ringworm and you have it everywhere, I would take it.

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dementedpixie · 12/02/2016 22:27

I'm not a doctor but that doesn't look like ringworm

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dementedpixie · 12/02/2016 22:28

Was it a blister from a shoe? More likely to be a bacterial infection

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mumtoseven · 13/02/2016 13:48

yes started off as a small blister from new shoes

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