Baby Mild Ringworm On Face
You can get a ringworm infection your skin or scalp.
Baby mild ringworm on face. Your baby might get infected by direct skin to skin contact with a person infected with ringworm. If it s on your skin the first thing you ll probably notice is a flat scaly area. A cut eczema patch or scratch paves the way for the infection to enter the body. Face tinea faciei produces red scaly patches on the face.
Ringworm in babies and children skin to skin contact with an infected person or animal most commonly puppies and kittens sharing items with an infected person or pet such as towels combs brushes clothing or pillows touching a contaminated surface such as the floor in a pool area. The common signs and symptoms that are usually characterized by ringworm infection on the skin of the baby include the following. On the face ringworm is rarely ring shaped. The child s scalp should be washed with special shampoo if the ringworm appears on the scalp it is advisable not to go for home remedies to.
Cheeks chin eye area forehead nose. Other areas of the skin that may be affected include. Characteristically it causes red scaly patches with indistinct edges. Ring shaped dry patches on scalp face and other skin parts on the body irregularly shaped scaly or dry patches on the skin red pink brown grey white scaly rash on.
How to treat ringworm in babies. Milk and high glycemic foods may exacerbate this skin condition. Symptoms of scalp ringworm appear within 10 to 14 days after infection. A scaly ring shaped area typically on the buttocks trunk arms and legs may itch a clear or scaly area inside the ring perhaps with a scattering of red bumps slightly raised expanding rings a round flat patch of itchy skin overlapping rings.
The edges of it will be slightly raised and may be bumpy. Signs and symptoms of ringworm may include. Ringworm on the face outside of the beard area is called tinea faciei. A topical antifungal ointment or cream is effective in treating ringworm on the body but ringworm on the scalp or nails.