14. Antifungal Treatments<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nEven though it’s called ringworm, it’s not really a type of worm of parasite. Instead, ringworm is a type of fungal infection that you can contact when you come into contact with it, and it falls in the same class as other common fungal infections like thrush or athlete’s foot – often with the same symptoms of dryness, redness and itchiness around a specific area of skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ringworm should be treated in the same way as any other general fungal infection you could get: Keep the skin around it clean and dry and apply some of the methods mentioned in this article to help control it. This is usually enough to make it go away within the course of a few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are many other natural antifungal <\/a>treatments that can do the trick for ridding your skin of ringworm. Aloe Vera has many restorative properties for the skin; the same is true for lavender, peppermint, and sage – and you’ll be glad to know that ringworm doesn’t like most of these in herbal or essential oil form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n<\/div>