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Ringworm Prevention for People and Pets
Preventing ringworm is as simple as washing your hands. After you come in contact with pets or farm animals, it’s a good idea to wash your hands. In addition to ringworm, pets can carry other serious diseases that affect humans. They can vary by breed but include things like salmonella, toxoplasmosis ( which is particularly harmful to pregnant women) and of course rabies, which is prevalent in many species of animals, and can affect humans. But simply by washing your hands, you can do a lot to stop the spread of these diseases in addition to ringworm.
If someone you know or one of your pets contracts ringworm, it’s important to avoid contact with the lesions. Ringworm and pets go hand in hand. Touching the lesions or rashes caused by ringworm is one of the primary ways to spread it.
The fungus that causes ringworm can live on surfaces for some time, and while the person who is infected with it should be taking steps to prevent spreading it, it is possible to get ringworm from things like chairs and tables. To learn how long can ringworm live on the furniture, keep reading. All surfaces and furniture should be disinfected after contact, using hospital grade disinfectant cleaner.
Anything that can be washed in the washing machine should be, using hot water and germicidal bleach if possible. Don’t share personal items such as clothing, socks, shoes, hats, hair brushes and combs, bedding, towels or anything else that comes in direct contact with the body.
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