Ringworm -- home remedies?

[Anonymous]

Any tried and true remedies I may have around the house for ringworm, which has appeared on the hairline of my kid's neck? Don't really want to go out to get something for it. Bleach?

TIA

[Anonymous]

Following. I have in hairline also. I’m worried about liver issues and oral medication.

[Anonymous]

Don’t cover it, or touch it. Change your pillow case every day, and call your doctor. Order antifungal cream and shampoo.

[Anonymous]

Do you have athletes foot stuff? Or monistat?

[Anonymous]

Telemedicine was made for this. Years ago, I was sure my kid had ringworm. Turns out she has psoriasis.

[Anonymous]

Oral medication and medicated shampoo from the doctor is the only solution that works. No sunlight after the medication. Take the full treatment. The fungus that causes this lives in the hair follicle and it takes weeks for it to die off.

[Anonymous]

apple cider vinegar -- especially with the"mother" in it. google it. It works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:apple cider vinegar -- especially with the"mother" in it. google it. It works.

pp, here. maybe not: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/how-to-cure-ringworm/

that said, have used acv in the past

[Anonymous]

Never tried this but popular way in Germany - strong vodka applied to the area many times through the day.
I would be careful not to try it on the face and wherever it is probably try small sample not jump it all with force.

It is like vinegar..
Ask your doctor.

Are you sure it is a ringworm? How much and where do you have it? Can you google ringworm pictures and post for us so we can kind of see if it is not something else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never tried this but popular way in Germany - strong vodka applied to the area many times through the day.
I would be careful not to try it on the face and wherever it is probably try small sample not jump it all with force.

It is like vinegar..
Ask your doctor.

Are you sure it is a ringworm? How much and where do you have it? Can you google ringworm pictures and post for us so we can kind of see if it is not something else?

What a waste of vodka.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Telemedicine was made for this. Years ago, I was sure my kid had ringworm. Turns out she has psoriasis.

For us it was nummular eczema.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Telemedicine was made for this. Years ago, I was sure my kid had ringworm. Turns out she has psoriasis.

Hmm, thanks PP. I looked that up online and the images look like it could be either psoriasis or ringworm -- but it's a pretty small patch so hard to tell. How was the psoriasis treated?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Telemedicine was made for this. Years ago, I was sure my kid had ringworm. Turns out she has psoriasis.

For us it was nummular eczema.

Yikes, it looks like that, too!

[Anonymous]

So is bleach out? That's something we have plenty of....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is bleach out? That's something we have plenty of....

Bleach is by far the best remedy. "Cut" bleach (google this method) and apply to the affected area. Let it dry and try to pull the hair up and away from it. If you can get your kid in the strong sunlight for ~15 minutes this weekend with his/her hair up, that will help too. Also, you need to wash and dry all towels, sheets, blankets, etc that your child has used in hot water and dry on the highest heat setting and bleach all whites if possible. Spray down the bathtub or shower, including shower curtain or shower doors, with a dilute bleach mixture too. Keep your kid's nails short, because ringworm loves long nails.

Going forward, have your child use the old fashioned Head and Shoulders shampoo as a shampoo and body wash. It has to be the plain old kind, not the new stuff with added conditioners or "mountain scents" or anything. It kills ringworm and has been used by wrestlers and grapplers as a prophylactic measure for decades.