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Page 1: RINGWORM. LOCATION: Found on skin, groin, or hands. It spreads on the top layer of your skin and hair

RINGWORM

Page 2: RINGWORM. LOCATION: Found on skin, groin, or hands. It spreads on the top layer of your skin and hair

LOCATION:• Found on skin, groin, or hands.

• It spreads on the top layer of your skin and hair.

Page 3: RINGWORM. LOCATION: Found on skin, groin, or hands. It spreads on the top layer of your skin and hair

• Locker rooms• Pools• Wrestling Mats• Wrestlers

FOUND IN PLACES SUCH AS:

Page 4: RINGWORM. LOCATION: Found on skin, groin, or hands. It spreads on the top layer of your skin and hair

SYMPTOMS:

• Itchy rash

• Looks like a rash or circle

Page 5: RINGWORM. LOCATION: Found on skin, groin, or hands. It spreads on the top layer of your skin and hair

CONTAGIOUS:

• Through skin to skin contact

• Animals may have it

• If you get it on your hand it looks like athletes foot

Page 6: RINGWORM. LOCATION: Found on skin, groin, or hands. It spreads on the top layer of your skin and hair

• Diagnosed if you have a ring shaped looking rash

• If it goes untreated your skin can blister, crack and become infected with bacteria

• Can be treated with over the counter creams and if that doesn’t work your doctor will prescribe you with an antibiotic

DIAGNOSIS:

Page 7: RINGWORM. LOCATION: Found on skin, groin, or hands. It spreads on the top layer of your skin and hair