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Ringworm is a fungus that can not only infect dogs it can infect other types of animals and people. A major trait of this fungus is that it is highly contagious, and is easily passed from animals to humans and vise versa. Thus it is important to know what the symptoms are in both dogs and humans..

Bald spots on your dogs skin is usually an hint of a ringworm infection. Ringworm causes the hair follicles in the infected area to harden and break off at the base. The dog’s skin that can be seen through the missing hair in general looks like a loop with raised edges. There might be a pale spot in the middle. It commonly causes your dog to become itchy and uncomfortable. The dog’s skin can also become crusty, scaly, or red.

Try and keep your dog from scratching the infection if at all possible. Scratching will cause the rash to spread. If the animal is free to roam around the house it can easily spread the rash to its owner through direct or indirect contact.

If your dogs is showing signs of ringworm it is probably time to take it to your local veterinarian. The vet will be able to take a sample of the skin and make a correct diagnosis. When the diagnosis is confirmed, which may take a number of days, the vet can then prescribe the appropriate treatment. There are many treatments available. None are hard. But persistence in application is the key to victory. Because ringworm has a 10 incubation period between exposure and actual signs to the rash, it can be difficult to fully eradicate. Diligence in cleaning of the all potential areas of contact is essential. Always follow your vet’s prescribed treatment to the tee. The most common prescribed medication is an anti-fungal shampoo. Anti-fungal creams do not work correctly on dogs since they will lick them off. Shampoo will get rid of the fungus spores from the hair and treatment is applied all over the dog’s body at once helping to get rid of fungus spores that have not yet shown symptoms. Most likely more then one bath treatment is needed to rid your dog totally.

As previously mentioned it is very important to treat your residence along with your pet dog for ringworm. Cleanse dog bedding daily with hot water and bleach. Also wash down any areas where your dog may have made contact with object, furniture, fixtures etc. Using the ringworm shampoo on them even if they do not have ringworm will not damage them. The worst thing you can do with ringworm is to not treat it totally. So, when your dog is diagnosed with it, make sure to do everything you need to do everyday and when symptoms subside in your dog, take it back to the vet and have them retest your dog’s hair to make certain that the fungus is in fact gone.

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