I have in the past battled this nasty fungus with my pets. I did EVERY THING possible to eradicate it (oral, topical, preventative treatment, invasive cleaning/disinfecting, replacing furniture/flooring, etc etc etc). My pets have been clear (as far as I can tell) for five months. I give high dose PROGRAM as a preventative (which seems to help) and bath weekly.
About a month ago I got an itchy "lesion" on my armpit. Just one and I did treat it with antifungal cream incase it was ringworm - I am paranoid. It went away and I figured it wasn't actually ringworm and my family also tried to convince me of this because they know how hard I worked to get rid of it!
I forgot all about it until three days ago when I woke up in the middle of the night to go potty (lol) and started scratching under my breast. I felt a raised bump and looked in the mirrior and there was another red lesion. And in the crease under my breast also was red. Ringworm was the first thing that came to mind. The lesion (pictured below) looked nothing like any thing else I could find online. It also was raised, had/has flaking skin and it's itchy. I've been putting antifungal cream on it frequently. It is about half the size of a dime.
I keep trying to convince myself that ringworm lesions are bigger and normally more then one lesion developes and therefore it CAN'T be ringworm! But, I think chances are slim that it is some thing else. What could it be?!
First - in your opinion, is this a ringworm lesion?? If you have had ringworm before, is this what it looked like? Was it this size??
Second - how do I have a ringworm lesion after seeing no evidence of ringworm for five months! None of my pets (TOUCH WOOD A MILLION TIMES OVER!!!) have had symptoms of ringworm. I just don't understand. I wash all of my laundry with bleach and clean and disinfect frequently as well and even fog!!
PLEASE - advice!
Thank you
Cait
About a month ago I got an itchy "lesion" on my armpit. Just one and I did treat it with antifungal cream incase it was ringworm - I am paranoid. It went away and I figured it wasn't actually ringworm and my family also tried to convince me of this because they know how hard I worked to get rid of it!
I forgot all about it until three days ago when I woke up in the middle of the night to go potty (lol) and started scratching under my breast. I felt a raised bump and looked in the mirrior and there was another red lesion. And in the crease under my breast also was red. Ringworm was the first thing that came to mind. The lesion (pictured below) looked nothing like any thing else I could find online. It also was raised, had/has flaking skin and it's itchy. I've been putting antifungal cream on it frequently. It is about half the size of a dime.
I keep trying to convince myself that ringworm lesions are bigger and normally more then one lesion developes and therefore it CAN'T be ringworm! But, I think chances are slim that it is some thing else. What could it be?!
First - in your opinion, is this a ringworm lesion?? If you have had ringworm before, is this what it looked like? Was it this size??
Second - how do I have a ringworm lesion after seeing no evidence of ringworm for five months! None of my pets (TOUCH WOOD A MILLION TIMES OVER!!!) have had symptoms of ringworm. I just don't understand. I wash all of my laundry with bleach and clean and disinfect frequently as well and even fog!!
PLEASE - advice!
Thank you
Cait