Does anyone out there have any good ideas on how to get rid of ringworm? My 2 year old son has had it in his diaper area for months and months. The only thing my pediatrician told me to do was put Lotrimin on it. That doesn't help and it gets bigger and worse day by day. I feel bad b/c it hurts him too, since it is raw. Please help. Thanks.
Lotrimin cream is the best thing for it. You have to reapply 2 to 3 times a day till the ringworm is gone. Ringworm is a fungus. It takes a while to go away too. It spreads very quickly and is hard to get rid of. You have to keep consistantly repeating the Lotrimin.
My ex mother in law got my oldest something from the health food store when he caught it when he was a baby. My ex had brought home a kitten that had the ringworm fungus on her skin. We all got it and it took 2 to 3 months to get rid of it completely. We were using Lotrimin non stop. She brought this liquid, I think it was black walnut something. I'll call her today and find out. It worked too.
Make sure you are not reintroducing the ringworm to the baby. Keep everything cleaned and sanitized. If he is playing on the ground outside he could have picked it up there. Get the pets checked out by the vet if any.
Get a new pediatrician!! This is a highly contagist and needs a antibiotic cream!!
Ok that was a bit much...Lotrimin will work but does need to be applied offten. Try asking for a stronger dose.
O.k. I will begin with stating...this is an "old" but tried & true method of curing ringworms. I was always out side "in the dirt" as a child, so I had lots of opportunities for my mom to use this. I am almost 50 so that tells you a lot of today's remedies were not around. Ready for the treatment?? Find a brown paper sack, yes, the kind that they bag groceries in - that may be challenging. Then tear off a piece of the bag/paper, about 3 inches square. Place the paper in a glass dish or plate. Then burn the paper in the dish. When cool, remove the ashes. There will be a brownish sticky residue/salve. Put the salve (it won't hurt is some of the ashes are still in it) on the ringworm. You can do this everyday until the ringworm is gone. It usually only takes a few days. Please don't think I'm crazy - my children & I living proof it works! God Bless.
I would ask the Dr for a stronger dose. My children have had it and none of my Pediatricians recommended anything over the counter. They always gave an RX for some strong enough antifungal cream and Nizoral shampoo (Great!-Walgreens, cvs) ringworm disappeared quickly. The key is to clean it thouroughly with the shampoo daily and apply cream as directed. I am a mother of 6, ringworms I have seen often.
Perhaps adding a topical steroid like Cortaid to the Lotrimin would help boost it.
We use a Triple Cream on diaper rashes. Equal parts triple antibiotic (Neosporin), anti-fungal and hydro-cortisone creams.
This combo has really helped us, maybe it would help you too.
Kelly H, mama to
Catherine, 4yrs
Samuel, 14mos
My son had it for a long time too and his dr was perscribing things left and right to get rid of it and it wouldnt, my husbands grandpa saw it and told me to put some "monkey blood" on it. I thought he was crazy, but i was ready to try anything, he gave me some and it cleared up after 2 days!! "Monkey blood" is Tincture of Iodine, you can get it at your local drug store (i think its only like 3 or 4 dollars), im not sure about walmart or those sorts of places, i never looked, but whatever you pay for the bottle it will last you forever!! I hope this helps you and your baby!!
You should use hydrocrotizone cream. Put it on the area for about two weeks, 4 X per day.
Believe it or not but regular table mustard will help dry ringworms right up, but he'll need to run around diaper free for a bit.
1% hydrocortizone that cleared it up for us! Best of luck
Melaluca oil has worked on everything at our house, even ringworm.
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Good luck!
It sounds like you need to take him to another doctor! My little girl got it at 4 months old and her doctor gave me an antibiotic to give to her for a month, and it went away no problem. Sounds like he needs something like that...you really should consider taking him to another doctor.
Good luck!
I work for a vet and we are always getting ringworm. We use anti-fungal cream for foot fungus - dried up in 3-4 days. You can also like someone else said get oral medications - or vet had to use that!
Go to Walgreens or CVS, etc.. ask the pharmacists for Ginsing Violet. It is a dark purple liquid that will absolutely get rid of it fast. I used it on my son, it was very effective. You can put it on the area with a cotton swab, be careful, it does stain. It's very cheap too!
You can also try tea tree oil. I successfully treated ringworm on my daughter using tea tree oil and occasionally lotrimin. I wonder if the lotrimin is just wearing off because of the location. Good luck.
For ringworm, go to the pharmacy and get Penicillin cream. My son had this as a baby (he's 26 now) and my pediatrician at that time told me about the Peniciilin cream. Worked great!
Years ago, I took my 2 small daughters on a train and they wound up with ringworm. Then they caught chicken pox. The dr warned (scared...) me that the ringworm could be transferred to the chicken pox sores and leave extensive scarring. I was determined to do my best to help them thru this of course.
He had me use Neosporin (an otc med) as often as possible. I also would bathe the areas with warm water with baking soda in it (about 1 teas per cup) and if possible, let that air dry before putting the Neosporin on it. Otherwise, pat dry with very clean cloths. It contained the ringworm to just a few areas and didn't take a very long time either for it to be gone.
BTW - I am a 76 year old great grandmother that raised 7 daughters, and now have 6 great grands. I feel like I have just about "seen it all"..
I am a new member, this is my first answers. Have you tried iodine? I has helped me when I have had this problem. I raised 2 sons and I have 4 grandchildren. My name is Cynthia. I love animals and well....I love just about everything and everyone. I am a 54 year old woman. I hope this helps.
Hi my name is Wanda this is my first time hearing of a ringworm being in this area but there is a oritment called Bactrom that works really well. When I get home I will make sure thats the correct spelling it's a lil cost for such a small tube but works well. I work at a hospital and will ask one of the docors here in the ER because I am thinking it' s getting worse because of the wetness.Will get back with later today.update on name of cream Bactroban
Try one of the more powerful creams for athletes feet on the rind worm. I have had this same problem with a few of my kids. A ring worm is a bacterial infection just like athletes feet so you use the same thing to treat both of them.
I have 5 kids and I had the same battle for years.