How we diagnose Ringworm (Tinea Corporis)

Ringworm (Tinea Corporis), is not a worm, but a fungal infection of the skin. This is a typical way it looks – one or more cirular, sharply circumscribed, red, scaly patch, often with central clearing, which give is this “ring” appearance. If people have pets, I often ask if they have noticed that their pet has patchy hair loss, but it is not always the case that a person has developed this condition from their pet. The diagnosis if pretty simply made, by scraping a little of the scale onto a slide and looking at this under the microscope, called a KOH prep. Under the microscope we see mycelia, hyphae, and spores which kind of look like crooked bamboo stalks. Treatment is usually with a prescription topical antifungal cream, but resistant cases are treated with oral antifungal medications.

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