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Ringworm often spreads by direct skin-to-skin contact with an infected person or animal. Mild ringworm often responds to antifungal medications applied to the skin.
It's possible for ringworm to spread by contact with objects or surfaces that an infected person or animal has recently touched. This includes items such as clothing, towels, bedding, combs and brushes.
Athlete's foot is contagious and can spread through contact with an infected person or from contact with contaminated surfaces, such as towels, floors and shoes.
Your doctor might be able to diagnose ringworm simply by looking at it. Your doctor may take skin scrapings from the affected area so that they can be examined under a microscope.
Sun exposure may make the skin changes more visible because they do not tan. The condition isn't painful or contagious. It's also called pityriasis versicolor. Treatment involves antifungal creams, lotions or shampoos...
Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatment of this highly contagious bacterial skin infection common in infants and young children.
Nail fungus is a common infection of the nail. It begins as a white or yellow-brown spot under the tip of your fingernail or toenail. As the fungal infection goes deeper, the nail may discolor, thicken and crumble at ...
Fungi. These cause many skin diseases, such as ringworm and athlete's foot. Other types of fungi can infect the lungs, eyes, liver or brain. Parasites. The disease malaria is caused by a tiny parasite that is spread b...
Staph infection symptoms vary depending on where the infection is in the body and how serious it is. Staph skin infections On the skin, a staph infection might be more common in areas where the skin is already damaged...
Scabies is contagious and can spread quickly through close person-to-person contact in a family, child care group, school class, nursing home or prison. Because scabies spreads so easily, health care providers often r...
