ringworm has a big bump under it
i picked up a ringworm from the mats. i started treating it with topical stuff, blue star. it hadnt changed after a few days. i got a little desperate and put clear nail polish on it last night and now it has a BB sized bump under it that is pretty hard. i dont have insurance so the dermatologist is out. have any of you guys gone through that with RW?
Nail polish was a bad call man. You've sealed the sebacious glads off and you're trapping perspiration, ringworm and funk all in the pores and down into the middle-lower layer of your skin. its probably infected. Needs drained asap I suspect. Jab it with a needle and squeeze, force alcohol into it and use lots of neosporin...or go to a clinic. They'll tell you for sure.
Hope its nothing big. Good luck!
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i did a major swapping with alcohol and .......nail polish remover. hurt like hell. i ran out and grabbed lotrimin, which is what i should have done to start with. my instant gratification side wouldnt let me wait another minute. hopefully the skin just got irritated. it looks a lot clearer after 2 apps of lotrimin than it has the whole time. i may run back to walgreens and pick up some antifungal lotion. i definitely dont want it spreading to other spots. keeping it covered with band aids during the night to keep it quarantined has irritated the skin around it. until then i am OCD about hand sanitizer and keeping stuff washed up. my wife and kid are at risk from what i gather. i hate limiting my workouts as well.
Crazy. Bacteria freaks me out...hope it turns out well.
This is one of the reasons I support some kind of basic health care program. So kids like you aren't setting around lathering weird shit all over your head, and goggling home remedies.
You need to keep the area clean, and don't be rubbing a bunch of strange stuff on it. You have an infection, you can hope that your body is strong enough to fight it off, but if you start running a fever, throwing up, or the area begins to spread...you need to see a doctor and get a round of antibiotics (which will probably be cheap) and maybe a topical cream.
If you need to treat it, try some neosporin or Cortisone cream. But you need to clean the area with soap and water, dry it off.
Solution: Get healthcare. See a dermatologist.
So, you have a wife and kid, and no health insurance, but money to train?
totally out of line. my wife and child are none of your concern. if all you can do is crap in old threads you should really think about growing up a little.
i train for free with a club at a local church. have a nice day.
The only reason I saw this thread was b/c of that damn bot, but I am not the one that mentioned how the infection might be a danger to my family.
It's ironic that you think I should grow up, but as a father and husband, you participate in an activity where injuries are commonplace, yet you have no recourse to address such an injury should it occur. What if your kid was hurt? Nail polish won't mend a broken arm.
Even if you can't get past my audacity, I'm not wrong. They may not be any of my concern, but they should be your own.
Now that we are about 6 months past....What happened? Did topicaly stuff work?
I've never had ringworm from training but I was always around cats as a child, got ringworm twice from that.
I'm pretty sure I used absorbine JR on it. I think we were told that ringworm is basically the same thing as athletes foot? But that was a long time ago.
gone for good via lamisil.
i never said you were wrong, i said whether or not my family has insurance is none of your business. you came across as you were in some way superior because i dont. my wife has state insurance through her job; my son is adopted so he gets medicaid. i am unemployed by choice therefore i dont have insurance, which isnt something to be ashamed of. its just not a priority to me. if something serious happens i would go to the ER and deal with the cost later.
i took a chance on a "home remedy" and it backfired a little. you live and you learn. i have had success with holistic and "back woods" medicine before, just not this time.
accidents do happen in any physical activity but that too is a chance you take. i honestly have never had insurance since i was too old to be under my mothers plan.
the tone of your question came across as condescending or maybe i misread. you have posted in other threads in the past that were very insulting to me personally. i appreciate constructive criticism but there is a fine line.
"So, you have a wife and kid, and no health insurance, but money to train?"
If you are getting a condescending vibe off that line, then you must have an enormous chip on your shoulder. Presumptious maybe, I'll even take accusatory, but how in the hell can that single line seem "superior"?
I also never implied that you should be ashamed, just that it isn't that smart not to be covered when you are engaging in activities that dramatically increase your chance of injury. I would advise any adult to have health insurance, but for an MMA enthusiast it's even more imperative.
If you were to take a trip to the ER uninsured, the cost of emergent care could be crippling to repay. You would not be the 1st person to be ruined by a mountain of medical debt. Can't you be insured under your spouse's plan?
I also failed to mention that I wasn't the 1st person to suggest health insurance, but simply invoking your family in reference to you made me a target. I could have easily written "As a father, you have no health insurance, but money to train?"
Are you telling me that I addressed you specifically in other threads (in which case I would like an example), or were you offended by a post I made in general? I'm thinking your opinion of me elsewhere is coloring what you inferred from my post in this thread.
In the future, just go straight to Lamisil or Lotramin Ultra and skip the crazy stuff. Either one will treat it within 10 days if you apply it consistently. If you ever get a serious breakout (especially on your head), you can take the same pill they give for yeast infections and it will kill pretty much everything on your skin.
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