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VITÉ 20 anti fungal cream is recognized by physicians as the # 1  natural treatment for fungal infections. This proven effective non-prescription is easy to use with rapid results. VITÉ 20 cures athlete's foot (tinea pedis), jock itch (tinea cruris) and ringworm (tinea corpois). We recommend VITÉ 20 for the effective relief of the itching, cracking and discomfort  which can accompany these conditions.

What is ringworm?
Ringworm Causes: Ringworm is a rash caused by a fungus that has infected your skin. (Despite its name, this rash is not caused by a worm or parasite. Ringworm is the result of a fungal infection.)

Ringworm Causes: How does ringworm occur?
Ringworm is the result of a fungal infection. Ringworm is spread by contact with an infected person or infected surface, such as clothes, towels, and bedding. It's more common among people participating in contact sports, such as wrestling gymnastics, or martial arts. Ringworm-in-children: Children going to day care and people living in crowded conditions are also more likely to get ringworm.

What are Ringworm Symptoms?
How does Ringworm look on humans?
What does ringworm look like:

• The rash caused by a ringworm infection is usually round or oval and has a raised border
• It starts small and slowly grows larger.
• As it grows, the central part of the rash usually becomes clear
• The rash may itch and the skin may become scaly
• There may be some small, pus-filled bumps
• Over time the rash spreads from one part of the body to other parts
• Ringworm on the scalp usually causes patches of hair loss

How is it diagnosed? Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and examine you. Your provider may scrape the skin and look at it under a microscope or use an ultraviolet (UV) light to look for ringworm on the scalp.

Treating Ringworm: How is it treated?
               The treatment of ringworm depends on your health and how much the infection has spread on your skin or scalp

1. Most of the time putting an antifungal cream like Virte 20 on the area of the rash is all that is needed
• rubbing it in well
• apply once or twice a day
• It's important to keep using the medicine for a week after you no longer see a rash to make sure it's completely gone
• besides ringworm (tinea corpois) Virte 20 also cures  athlete's foot (tinea pedis) & jock itch (tinea cruris).
2. Your doctor may prescribe a medicine to take by mouth:
• If you have the rash on your scalp or
• If you have a rash in several places or
• If your immune system is weak
3. How long will the effects last?
• Ringworm may take several weeks to clear up with a cream,
• depending on the extent of the rash
• If you are given an oral medicine, it may clear up faster
• It is common to get it again after you've had it
• Sometimes it becomes a long-term problem.

• Try to keep your skin dry. Fungus likes to grow on moist skin.
• Use the medicine as prescribed
• If you are using the cream, remember to rub it in well
• For scalp infections
  • shampoo your hair every day
  • It may help to have your hair cut short but don't shave your head
  • put anti-fungal cream on the cushion tips of fingers, apply to scalp not the hair
• If you have ringworm in your beard
• you may want to cut the beard short to help get the anti-fungal cream onto the skin
• if and decide to shave your beard instead, use an electric razor instead of a blade
• be sure to disinfect your electric razor blades and screen
• If you have ringworm, use a separate disinfected, clean dry towel to dry the infected areas to reduce the risk of spreading the infection
• Launder towels, clothes, bed clothes and bed sheets & pillow cases, that might have come into contact with the infection daily in disinfectant
• If you participate in sports such as wrestling, gymnastics, or martial arts, make sure the mats are cleaned regularly
• Don't share personal-care products or clothes with others if you or they have a rash.