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What Is The Treatment For Ringworm Infection In A Child?
today my son has been sent home from school today with ring worm ,two of his friends have it to .before a rash was present on and off for a good few weeks all 3 of them have been feeling unwell ,is it the ring worm that has made them unwell .also about 2 months ago his frends 6 week old kittents got poorly bad diorear with blood in it .is this were the ring worm came from .and one last question his friends mum ,and my self had to clean out the cadge wen the kittens died ,the smell was strong .id say it smelt like poisen ,since then both of us have been very chesty ,kinda breathless ,and sometimes chest pain .would u say all these things are related ?if so wat do u surgest we do .so far only the kids have been treated with daktarin cream
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Dear parent,
Your description of seen is quite vague. If you feel that kittens were infected you need to take medical advise for both of you. One needs to find the reason for ring worms as well, because many skin eruption can mimic ring worms.
Your description of seen is quite vague. If you feel that kittens were infected you need to take medical advise for both of you. One needs to find the reason for ring worms as well, because many skin eruption can mimic ring worms.
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