Yu gɛt dis ‘ringwɔm’ prɔblɛm bak? (Ringworm) Mek wi bi aware of dis!

"O, a gɛt wan rɛd, itchy rash ɔlsay na mi bɔdi!" Yu go mɔs dɔn tɔk dat bak, ɔ sɔntɛm yu dɔn yɛri am. Dis na wetin wi kin kɔl bɔku tɛm ‘raunwɔm’ ɔ ‘wɔm infest.’ Pan ɔl we di wɔd ‘wɔm’ de na di nem, dis nɔto rili sik we wom kin kam wit. So wetin na dis? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am tide.

Wetin na ‘Ringwɔm’?

Yu go sɔprayz fɔ yɛri se nɔto wom de mek ringwɔm, bɔt na fɔngus . Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, dis fɛns kin gro fayn fayn wan na say dɛn we wam ɛn wet, lɛk pɔblik batrum ɛn jim lɔka rum. Na wan sik we kin apin na di skin we rili kɔmɔn ɛn we kin pas . I gɛt in nem frɔm di rɛd, it, sɛkɔral plek dɛn we de apia na di skin. I tan lɛk ring. I kin izi fɔ mek i pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin, frɔm animal, ɔ we i tɔch sɔntin we gɛt di sik.

Yu kin gɛt ringwɔm if yu kam mit pɔsin, animal, ɔ tin we gɛt di sik. Dɛn kin kɔl ringwɔm difrɛn nem dɛn dipen usay i de apin na yu bɔdi. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if i apin na yu bɔdi, lɛk yu an, yu leg, yu chɛst, ɔ yu fes, dɛn kin kɔl am tinea corporis . Dɛn kin trit am wit antifungal mɛrɛsin dɛn. Sɔm dɛn kin de na di kɔwnta, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn kin nid fɔ gɛt prɛskrishɔn.

Wetin na di kayn ringwɔm?

Naw lɛ wi si usay dis ‘ringwɔm’ de apin na di bɔdi, ɛn wetin na in nem. I kin rili apin ɛnisay na di bɔdi.

• Atlet in fut (tinea pedis): Dis na sɔntin we bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt. I kin mek yu fut dɛn de it, inflam, ɛn rɛd pat dɛn na yu fut ɛn bitwin yu fut finga dɛn . Sɔntɛnde, di skin kin dray, i kin flay, ɛn krak. Blista dɛn kin fɔm bak. Sɔm pipul dɛn fut kin smɛl bad bak bikɔs ɔf dis.
• Jock itch (tinea cruris ): Dis kin apin lɛk rɛd, it we de it na di groin, di ɔp pat na di shɔl, ɔ di bɔdi . Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt blista bak. E kin bɔrku pan pipul dɛm wae kin swet bɔrku ɛn wɛr tayt klos.
• Skalp ringwɔm (tinea capitis): Dis kin apin mɔ pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn. I kin mek yu skel gɛt skel, rɛd, it, ɛn yu ia kin lɔs na dɛn say dɛn de. If dɛn nɔ trit dɛn fayn, dɛn bold pat dɛn ya kin gro big ɛn i kin ivin mek yu ia lɔs sote go. So, i impɔtant fɔ tek tɛm mɔ bɔt dis.
• Na di an (tinea manuum): We dis apin na di an, di an dɛn kin dray ɛn krak, ɛn sɛkɔla spat dɛn kin apia na di an dɛn bak .
• Biad-rilayt (tinea barbae): Usay man dɛn gɛt biad, dat naDis kin apin pan say dɛm lɛk di chin, di chɛst, ɛn di nɛk. Sɔntɛnde dɛn spat ya kin mek wan krɔkrɔs ɛn ful-ɔp wit pus.
• Nail fungus (tinea unguium ɔ onychomycosis): Di nel dɛn na di an ɔ fut kin tik, dɛn kin chenj di kɔlɔ, ɛn dɛn kin bigin fɔ chenj . Dis kin tek sɔm tɛm fɔ mek i wɛl.

Aw ringwɔm tan lɛk?

Ringwɔm kin bigin as flat ples we nɔ gɛt kɔlɔ. Dipen pan di kayn skin we sɔm pipul dɛn gɛt, i kin tan lɛk rɛd pan pipul dɛn we gɛt layt skin ɛn brawn pan pipul dɛn we gɛt dak skin. Di ples rawnd, i tan lɛk ring. I gɛt wan bɔda we rayz smɔl ɛn we gɛt skel rawnd am. Di sɛnt kin tan lɛk nɔmal skin. Na dat mek dɛn kɔl am ringwɔm.

Udat kin gɛt ringwɔm?

Ringwɔm kin afɛkt ɛnibɔdi, ilɛksɛf i ol. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt am mɔ. Lɛ wi si udat dɛn bi:

• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt wikɛd imyun sistɛm ɔ ɔtoimyun sik dɛn lɛk lupus .
• Pipul dɛn we de ple kɔntakt spɔt lɛk rɛslɛshɔn. Ringwɔm we de divɛlɔp dis kayn we dɛn kin kɔl am bak tinea gladiatorum .
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt bɔku bɔku swet (hayperhidrosis). Swet na di pafɛkt say fɔ mek fɛns gro.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we kin yuz pɔblik lɔka rum ɔ pɔblik shawa bɔku tɛm. Fɔng kin izi fɔ skata na dɛn kayn ples dɛn de.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de wok klos wit animal dɛn we gɛt rawnd wom. Fɔ ɛgzampul, di wan dɛn we de wok wit animal dɛn ɔ di wan dɛn we de groom animal dɛn we dɛn de mɛn.

Aw kɔmɔn tin na ringwɔm?

Ringwɔm na wan sik we kin rili pas ɛn we kin rili kɔmɔn. Dɛn se bitwin 20% ɛn 25% pan di pipul dɛm na di wɔl kin gɛt dis sik ɛni tɛm. Dat de mek yu no aw i kɔmɔn.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ ringwɔm?

Bɔrku tɛm, di sayn dɛm kin bigin fɔ sho insay 4 to 14 dez afta yu skin kam nia di fɛns we de mek yu gɛt ringwɔm. Di men sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt dis sik na:

• Di we aw skel ɔ plek dɛn we tan lɛk sɛkɔla ɛn we tan lɛk ring .
• Di apinɛns fɔ flat spat dɛn we gɛt rayz ed dɛn .
• Skin we de it. Dis na di men prɔblɛm we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt.
• i kכmכn fכ di ia fכ fכl כ bold spat fכ fכm na di say we di infεkshכn de (especially na di sכl).

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt ringwɔm?

Ivin if di nem se ‘wɔm’, wi dɔn ɔlrɛdi se na wan fɛns de mek dis.Dɛn fɛns ya kin rili liv na wi skin, wi ia, ɛn wi nel dɛn. Bɔt we di say we dɛn de wam ɛn wet, dɛn kin bigin fɔ gro we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol dɛn. If yu skin kam nia di ringworm fungus na ɔda pɔsin in skin, yu kin gɛt di infekshɔn.

Aw ringwɔm kin pas?

Ringwɔm kin rili pas. Dis fεns kin liv pan yu skin, pan difrεn say dεm, εn ivin na di grכn. Di men we dɛn we ringwɔm kin skata na:

• Skin-to-skin kɔntakt wit pɔsin we gɛt rawndwɔm.
• Kɔntakt wit dɔg, pusi ɔ animal we gɛt di sik. Dis kin bi animal we dɛn kin mɛn na fam ɔ animal we dɛn kin mɛn na os.
• Kɔntakt wit say we gɛt dɔti. Fɔ ɛgzampul, di flɔ na jim lɔka rum, jim klos dɛn we swet, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn.
• Fɔ sheb tin dɛn we pɔsin ɔ animal we gɛt di sik de yuz , lɛk kɔm, tawɛl, ɔ bed-layn.
• Kɔntakt wit dɔti dɔti grɔn.

Aw fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt ringwɔm? (Diagnosis) .

Yu dɔktɔ ɔr pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin no if yu gɛt ringwɔm bay we i de chɛk yu skin ɛn aks bɔt yu sik dɛn. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin skrap smɔl pat pan di skin bak frɔm di say we di sik afɛkt ɛn luk am ɔnda maykroskɔp. Dis ɛgzamin fɔ di skin skrap dɛn kin ɔltɛm kɔnfɔm if yu gɛt ringwɔm ɔ nɔ gɛt am.

Aw fɔ trit ringwɔm?

Bɔku kayn antifungal mɛrɛsin dɛn de we yu kin bay ɔva di kɔwnta (nɔto prɛskrishɔn/ɔva di kɔwnta) ɛn prɛskrishɔn fɔ trit ringwɔm . Dɛn antifungal mɛrɛsin ya kin kam lɛk krim, jel, ɔ paoda. If ringwɔm de ɔlsay, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin bak we yu de it fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɛlɛ.

Antifungal krim ɛn paoda dɛn we de na di famasi

Bɔku tɛm, ɔva-di-kɔnta (OTC) antifɔngal krim, jel, ɔ paoda we yu kin bay dairekt frɔm famasi na infεkt. Dɛn kayn mɛrɛsin ya na:

• Klɔtrimazɔl ( ɛgz. Lotrimin® ɔ Mycelex®) .
• Maykonazɔl ( fɔ ɛgzampul, Desenex®) .
• Tεrbinafin ( fכ egzampl Lamisil AT®) .
• Tolnaftat ( ɛgz. Tinaktin®) .

Bɔt if yu sik nɔr de bɛtɛ afta lɛk tu wiks wae yu dɔn yuse dis mɛrɛsin, ɔr if i tan lɛk se dɛn de wɔs, .Yu go nid fɔ tek mɛrɛsin we dɔktɔ gi yu.

Di mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin tek bay mɔt we dɔktɔ gi

If yu gɛt ringwɔm na yu skel ɔ bɔku say dɛn na yu bɔdi, yu dɔktɔ go gi yu wan mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin tek fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɛlɛ. Dɛn kin tek dis mɛrɛsin fɔ wan to tri mɔnt wan tɛm. Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya na:

• Flukonazɔl (e.g. Diflukan®) .
• Griseofulvin ( fɔ ɛgzampul, Griasctin®) .
• Itrakonazɔl (e.g. Sporanox®) .
• Tεrbinafin ( fכ egzampl Lamisil®) .

Shampoo we de agens di fɛns

If yu yuz antifungal shampoo, lɛk ketoconazole shampoo (e.g., Nizoral AD®), i kin ɛp fɔ stɔp di skelp ringwɔm we de skata. I nɔ go mɛn am ɔl, bɔt i kin ɛp fɔ kɔntrol di infekshɔn. Yu fɔ tek wan mɛrɛsin bak we dɛn dɔn gi yu we yu de it wit dis shampoo. I kin fayn bak fɔ ɔda pipul dɛn na di famili, ivin di wan dɛn we nɔ gɛt dis sik, fɔ yuz dis shampoo fɔ ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ go ɔlsay.

Ɔm mɛrɛsin fɔ ringwɔm

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin yuz tin dɛn lɛk apul sayda vinega ɔ ti tik ɔyl na os. Bɔt sayɛns nɔ dɔn pruv se dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt ɛni impɔtant tin. Infakt, if yu put apul sayda vinega, i kin mek yu wund ɛn mek yu gɛt mɔ inflamɛns. Pan ɔl we ti tik ɔyl gɛt antifungal prɔpati, dɛn nɔ no gud gud wan aw i de wok.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ kip yu os klin. Di rawndwɔm fɛns kin liv pan sɔfays fɔ sɔm mɔnt. Yu kin yuz disinfectant spray lɛk Lysol® ɔ bleach fɔ kil di fungus. Wash klos, bed, ɛn tawɛl fayn fayn wan wit ɔt wata ɛn ditajɛn fɔ ɛp fɔ mek rawnd wom nɔ go skata.

Wan wɔnin bɔt stɛroyd krim dɛn

Sɔntɛnde yu kin fil fɔ yuz krim dɛn we gɛt kɔtikosterɔyd fɔ mek yu nɔ it ɛn inflamɛns. Bɔt dɛn tin ya nɔ fayn fɔ mɛn ringwɔm. Infakt, dɛn krim dɛn ya kin mek yu skin nɔ ebul fɔ protɛkt yusɛf. Dɔn di infekshɔn kin skata mɔ ɛn afɛkt wan big eria. So yu nid fɔ rili tek tɛm wit dis.

Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ wɛl frɔm ringwɔm? Wetin dɛn kin du fɔ mek i wɛl kwik kwik wan?

Di smɔl smɔl rawndwɔm infɛkshɔn dɛn kin dɔn insay sɔm wiks. Bɔt, sɔmBig big infεkshכn kin tek siks to 12 wiks fכ hεl.

Bɔku tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ mek yu wɛl kwik kwik wan:

• Kip di say we di sik dɔn klin ɛn dray as yu ebul. Mɔstɔ na paradays fɔ fɛns.
• Put di antifungal loshan, krim, ɔ ɔntmɛnt we yu dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu fɔ di wan ol tritmɛnt tɛm. Nɔ stɔp we di rash bigin fɔ dɔn.
• Nɔ tɔch di say we di sik gɛt. If yu fɔ du dat, was yu an fayn fayn wan bifo yu tɔch ɔda pat dɛn na yu bɔdi.

Yu tink se ringwɔm kin wɛl fɔ insɛf? I go ebul fɔ kam bak?

Ringwɔm kin klia insɛf, bɔt i nɔ kin rili kɔmɔn. Dɔn bak, as lɔng as yu gɛt ringwɔm na yu skin, yu go ebul fɔ gɛt di sik to ɔda pipul dɛn .

Yɛs, ringwɔm kin kam bak. If yu trit am fayn, ringwɔm go wɛl kpatakpata. Bɔt, lɛk aw di dɔktɔ bin se, yu nid fɔ dɔn di tritmɛnt fɔ di tɛm we dɛn dɔn tɛl yu fɔ du. If yu stɔp di tritmɛnt af-af, ɔ if yu stɔp am tu ali, di infekshɔn kin kam bak. Dɔn i kin at fɔ mɛn am mɔ.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin kam wit ringwɔm?

If yu tink se yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt ringwɔm, nɔ yuz krim dɛn we de mek yu nɔ it it we gɛt kɔtikosterɔyd. As wi bin dɔn tɔk, dɛn krim ya kin mek yu skin in difɛns wik ɛn mek di infekshɔn wɔs.

Na sכm tεm we dis ‘ringworm’ fכns kin go dip insay di skin, we kin mek i at fכ trit am.

Skalp ringwɔm kin mek wan inflamɛns we de mek pɔsin fil pen we dɛn kɔl kerion . Insay dis keriɔn, yu kin gɛt sɔri we gɛt krɔs, we ful-ɔp wit pus na yu skel. Yu kin lɔs yu ia bak ɛn gɛt skata. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm if yu gɛt ringwɔm na yu skel.

Aw fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ringwɔm?

Ringwɔm kin gro fayn fayn wan na say dɛn we wam ɛn wet. Di fungus kin liv fɔ sɔm mɔnt pan tawɛl, klos, bed, ɛn tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz na os. Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ringwɔm:

• Chenj yu sɔks ɛn ɔndawea ɛvride. I fayn fɔ chenj dɛn bɔku tɛm insay di de, ilɛksɛf dɛn wet ɔ dɔti.
• Tek shawa kwik kwik wan afta yu dɔn ple kɔntakt spɔt ɔ ɛksɛsayz.
• Wear sandal ɔ shawa sus na pɔblik swimin pul, pɔblik lɔka rum, ɛn batrum.
• Dray yu skin fayn fayn wan afta yu dɔn was, mɔ bitwin yu fut finga dɛn.
• Nɔ sheb tin dɛn fɔ klin yusɛf lɛk tawɛl, swimwear, bed, klos, ɛn kɔm wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Was klos, spɔt klos, bed, ɛn tawɛl fayn fayn wan wit ɔt wata ɛn ditajɛn.
• Disinfɛkt di say dɛn we yu de yuz blich ɔ sprɛy lɛk Lysol®.
• If yu animal dɛn we yu lɛk gɛt rawnd wom, trit dɛn.
• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan afta yu dɔn intarakt wit animal dɛn.

If yu imyun sistɛm wik, ɔ yu de liv na say we wam ɛn wam, yu de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt fɔngal infɛkshɔn.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If dɛn kayn tin ya apin, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ:

• If yu gɛt ringwɔm infɛkshɔn na yu skel.
• If di say we di sik dɔn swel, i rɛd, ɛn i tan lɛk se i gɛt di sik.
• If yu gɛt dis we yu gɛt bɛlɛ .
• If di infεkshכn spre to כda pat dεm na di bכdi.
• If di kɔndishɔn nɔ impɔtant pan ɔl we dɛn yuz di mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin bay na di famasi fayn fayn wan.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt ringwɔm, i nɔmal fɔ gɛt bɔku kwɛstyɔn dɛn. Yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ tin dɛn lɛk:

• Aw a bin gɛt dis ‘raunwɔm’?
• Aw lɔŋ rawndwɔm kin pas?
• Mi (ɔ mi pikin) fɔ de na os frɔm wok/skul te mi rawndwɔm infɛkshɔn wɛl?
• Wetin a kin du fɔ mek rawnd wom nɔ go skata to ɔda pat dɛn na mi bɔdi?
• Wetin a go du fɔ mek a nɔ skata rawndwɔm to ɔda pipul dɛn?
• Wetin na di bɛst tritmɛnt fɔ rawndwɔm?
• Ɛni mɛrɛsin ɔ tritmɛnt de we a nɔ fɔ yuz?
• Wetin a kin du fɔ mek a nɔ gɛt rawndwɔm igen?
• Aw a go no if mi animal gɛt rawndwɔm?
• Us simptom dɛn a fɔ luk fɔ bɔt di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin?

Mɔ tin dɛn fɔ no

Yu tink se ‘ringwɔm’ rili na wom?

Nɔ, ringwɔm nɔto wom. Na wan fungal infεkshכn. I gɛt in nem frɔm di we aw i tan lɛk sɛkɔla ɛn we tan lɛk ring.

Wetin kin apin if yu gɛt ringwɔm we yu gɛt bɛlɛ?

di fכns we de mek yu gεt ring wכm n כ de afekt yu bεlε.Bɔt i fayn fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ bifo yu yuz antifungal krim ɔ paoda dɛn we yu nɔ kin bay na kɔt. I tan lɛk se di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin tek fɔ mɛn di bɛlɛ nɔ bad fɔ tek we yu gɛt bɛlɛ, bɔt i bɛtɛ fɔ tɔk bɔt di prɔblɛm ɛn bɛnifit dɛn we yu gɛt wit di pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu bɛlɛ.

Dɔg ɛn pusi kin gɛt ringwɔm?

Yɛs, yu kin gɛt ringwɔm frɔm dɔg ɛn pusi, ɛn ɔda animal dɛn lɛk kaw, got, ɛn ɔs. Yu kin protɛkt yusɛf bay we yu de was yu an fayn fayn wan ɔltɛm afta yu dɔn ple wit ɔ tɔch animal dɛn. If yu animal gɛt ringwɔm, mek shɔ se yu disinfɛkt in bed ɛn ɔda tin dɛn, ɛn klin di say dɛn we i de na yu os fayn fayn wan.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin ringwɔm ɛn ɛkzema?

Ekzema ɛn bɔku ɔda tin dɛn we kin apin na di skin kin tan lɛk ringwɔm. Lɛk ringwɔm, ɛkzema kin mek di skin it ɛn rɛd. Bɔt i nɔ tan lɛk ringwɔm, ɛkzema nɔ kin pas ɛn i nɔ kin kɔmɔt na wan pat na di bɔdi to ɔda pat. Ringwɔm gɛt difrɛn, rawnd, we tan lɛk ring. I bɛtɛ fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ fɔ no di kɔrɛkt tin bɔt di sik.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Ringwom kin anɔynt smɔl, bɔt antifungal mɛrɛsin kin kil di fungus we de mek i kam. Di tritmɛnt kin tek sɔm tɛm, bɔt lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ se, i impɔtant fɔ dɔn di tritmɛnt fɔ di ful tɛm. If yu stɔp di tritmɛnt kwik, di ringwɔm kin kam bak ɛn i kin at fɔ trit. Aks yu dɔktɔ aw fɔ mek ringwɔm nɔ go ɔlsay na yu bɔdi ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn.

Mɛmba se fɔ klin ɛn fɔ trit yu kwik kwik wan na di bɛst we fɔ kɔntrol rawnd wom!

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