Ringworm

[~Raven~]

My experience about 2 years ago now with it ended badly with the two eldest needing oral turbanifane (sp?) to treat it. The hair was where M's started (and he ended up losing half of it) and I know now that if it gets in the hair follicles then nothing else will get rid of it.

Lamisil (which is also turbanifane) isn't recommended for under 12's generally. I've had mixed advice from different pharmacists. Some say no way and others say it's OK as it's generally a short course and topical. The GP's I saw also wouldn't prescribe the oral meds either and we had to go see a paediatric dermatologist. It can be toxic to the liver which is why they don't like to prescribe it but the specialist will weight up that risk. If you find that it isn't healing or is spreading then don't pussyfoot about with it because there is a HUGE waiting list to get into the specialists. Even with crying and begging I had to wait 3 weeks for an appointment when the initial wait was going to be 3 months!

Be excruciatingly careful about hygiene (I know you are anyway but be even more so ATM) because they spread easily. There is a two week window from contact to lesion developing so keep that in mind that more can pop up when you think you are being careful. Kids wrestle or do cute things like fall asleep in the same bed *sigh* but it's bad for spreading them.

I still use canestin rinse in the laundry and a long hot cycle for bedding and towels. Sorry not quite good news but it did end well once we broke away from the idiot Dr who kept fobbing me off.

Call me if you need (I'll go get the phone out of the car ROFL )