RINGWORM
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Ringworm Rash on Arm
- Notice that the area is round and pink. It has a raised rough scaly border. The ring slowly increases in size. It is usually slightly itchy.
Ringworm Rash on Leg
- Patch of Ringworm on upper thigh that has been present for three weeks.
Ringworm
- This patient presented with ringworm on the arm, or tinea corporis due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes.
- The genus Trichophyton inhabits the soil, humans or animals, and is one of the leading causes of hair, skin and nail infections, or dermatophytosis in humans.
Main Symptoms
- Round pink patch.
- Clearing of the center as the patch grows.
- Raised, rough, scaly border.
- Usually ½ to 1 inch in size.
- Ring slowly increases in size/mildly itchy.
Cause
- A fungus infection of the skin transmitted from puppies or kittens who have it, or from the soil.
See More Appropriate Topic (instead of this one) If
- Doesn't look like ringworm, see RASHES, LOCALIZED AND CAUSE UNKNOWN.
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Reviewed 8/2004
Revised 7/2002
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