Zoster - a disease quite contagious. On the walk you can catch ringworm after joint games with street animals, which are parasites on the skin fungal spores, which, in fact, cause this infection.
Similarly, the pet can become infected by outdoor cats and dogs, bringing the infection into the house. Ie infection ringworm can be mediated.
Fully protect the child from communicating with animals is unlikely to succeed, and it is not a panacea. After all, ringworm can occur after contact with things in contact with animals. This may be a bench in the park, and the sand in the sandbox, and the grass on the lawn. Very often the reason why children become infected after walking barefoot when the skin on your feet is damaged, and therefore the infection is easier to penetrate into the body. People infected with ringworm, can also be a source of infection due to the fact that the fungal spores is easy to fly.
manifestations of depriving
Infection does not become apparent immediately. Although sometimes from the very beginning of the disease the temperature rises, increased lymph nodes and rashes begin to appear. But in most cases, only the fifth-seventh day of the disease can be seen overt manifestations of zoster. He may look like a round bald patches on the hair of gray color with a bit sore and flaky skin. If shingles appears on the exposed parts of the body, most often it takes the form of small pink spots round or oval, which may appear blisters or scabs. The number of such spots is increasing rapidly. Zoster and herpes can be, that is, occurring most often in the intercostal spaces.
diagnostics of the lichen
It is obvious that due to the rapid development of the disease and its transmissibility, suspected zoster in a child should immediately consult a doctor for diagnosis. To do this, looking at the wound site under a special fluorescent lamp. If it is indeed ringworm, that spot will be emerald green and have a kind of mosaic. For the diagnosis of skin flakes, taken from the area affected zoster, examined under microscope. If the diagnosis is difficult, in this case, resort to a serological test blood.
Treatment and prevention
In most cases, to get rid of lichen, inpatient treatment is required. The child is prescribed general and local antifungal therapy. Affected areas are dried by means of iodine or fukortsinom. Self-medication in any case is not admissible because there are many species of lichen, and therapeutic tactics in each case will be different.
During treatment, the child's things washed, boiled and ironed have separately, and it is worth remembering that you need to change clothes as often as possible. Choose cotton clothes, avoid bathing and walk with the baby at night, because the bright afternoon sun contributes to the spread of infection. Explain that it is impossible to comb the affected area. From soft toys, carpets worth a while to get rid of because they are difficult to disinfect. The floors should be washed twice a day using a disinfectant and wash your baby's toys after each game.
After completing the course of treatment is necessary several times for tests to make sure that the infection is completely defeated. In the future, we need to be concerned about strengthening immunity folk remedies and prevention of situations associated with a high risk of contracting ringworm.
