ringworm

[spendthrift]

Dh keeps getting ringworm. Why should that be and how can I prevent it recurring?

Ringworm is very contagious, so the obvious answer is you know someone who has it and keeps re infecting your dp. This someone needn't be human, it can actually be caught from animals, so if there isn't an obvious human suspect - do you have pets? I think it's just going to keep recurring until you find the source I'm afraid :(

That's really helpful but also disturbing. No pets, no one else in family infected. Don't want to think of the implications. Does it appear on the place where you have been in contact? I do seem to recall Ds having it when small and in an area noone save us had touched him.

My friend got it on her thigh where the cat lays across her when it jumps into bed. The cat had been diagnosed with eczema for years and years and steroid treatment had stopped it itching and damped down the symptoms just enough to make a correct diagnosis very difficult. It was a dermatologist who diagnosed my friend with ringworm and only then did they trace it back to the family cat. Another, who has no pets/kids etc got it and her on top of her foot and her GP said she could have got it from any area she walked through where the infection was present so she could have got it in the gym or somewhere. She has no idea where she got it. Not sure whether it just appears in the area only where there has been contact?. Friend was told it has been particularly rife in the community (both human and animal) recently.