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MN Mom 03:41 AM 03-09-2011
I know they can look awfully similar and I found this on my dd's back last night when she complained of an itch. I am treating it as though it is ringworm, but I want more opinions!
Here is a picture of it this morning after one treatment of Monistat / Desinex cocktail. I cleaned it with Witch Hazel to help ease itching before applying the meds last night, and this morning.
Here is a picture of it this morning after one treatment of Monistat / Desinex cocktail. I cleaned it with Witch Hazel to help ease itching before applying the meds last night, and this morning.
dEHmom 03:55 AM 03-09-2011
from a picture it might look different but
before you applied anything to it, was it hard and dry? It could just be an discoid eczema. My whole family gets them. Cortisone cream clears it.
If not I "guess" it's ringworm.
before you applied anything to it, was it hard and dry? It could just be an discoid eczema. My whole family gets them. Cortisone cream clears it.
If not I "guess" it's ringworm.
Cat Herder 04:02 AM 03-09-2011
Looks like ringworm to me..... 
Francine 04:05 AM 03-09-2011
I am thinking eczema too! When my daughter was a baby my husband was in the navy and we were stations overseas. My daughter had this stuff all over both of her cheeks, the military docters treated her for ringworm and impetigo nothing they did cleared it up. We came back to the states on leave, I took her to the Dr. he took one look at her face and said "oh, she has eczema, how are you treating it?" Told me to go to the drug store and buy a tub of Eucerin CREAM...it was gone in a couple of days! Her cheeks were bright red and nasty looking in every picture that we have of her until we came home on leave when she was 9 months old.
Kaddidle Care 04:07 AM 03-09-2011
Hmm I think let a Dr. decide. Great photo though. 
countrymom 05:44 AM 03-09-2011
is it itchy, to me it looks like eczema, my ds had a huge one around his knee, so i put some cream on it and its gone.
Cat Herder 05:57 AM 03-09-2011
Originally Posted by Kaddidle Care:
Hmm I think let a Dr. decide. Great photo though.
This is true....Hmm I think let a Dr. decide. Great photo though.
I am assuming OP's DD has had ringworm before, though...so she would know what she was looking for for the most part.....
My head works the same way.. rule out conditions by treating possible causes if I am fairly confident I know what it is.
(with minor illness only, of course)No history of eczema, OP??
MN Mom 06:18 AM 03-09-2011
She had seborrheic dermatitis as a baby, but hasn't had it in a long time. It cleared up around the age of 2. She is almost 8 now. I have never seen ringworm before, but my husband who works with livestock insisted it was ringworm. I, being curious, looked up skin disorders and saw pictures of impetigo and ringworm that looked the same =/
MissAnn 01:11 PM 03-10-2013
Originally Posted by MN Mom:
I know they can look awfully similar and I found this on my dd's back last night when she complained of an itch. I am treating it as though it is ringworm, but I want more opinions!
Here is a picture of it this morning after one treatment of Monistat / Desinex cocktail. I cleaned it with Witch Hazel to help ease itching before applying the meds last night, and this morning.
This looks like my granuloma anulare. That is not contagious but takes a biopsy to diagnose.I know they can look awfully similar and I found this on my dd's back last night when she complained of an itch. I am treating it as though it is ringworm, but I want more opinions!
Here is a picture of it this morning after one treatment of Monistat / Desinex cocktail. I cleaned it with Witch Hazel to help ease itching before applying the meds last night, and this morning.
Angelsj 04:31 PM 03-10-2013
Ringworm typically has a "ring" appearance, with a blank area in the center. Typically the route goes, try moisture (get a good one like aquaphor.) If that does not work, try antibiotic ointment. If that makes it worse rather than better, try fungal (lotrimin or such) ointment.
If that isn't helping after 2-3 days, doctor time.
If that isn't helping after 2-3 days, doctor time.