http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/28/health-and-family/pets-animals/ringworm-mythbusters.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ringworm-mythbusters Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/28/health-and-family/pets-animals/ringworm-mythbusters.html/comment-page-1#comment-303945 DM Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:14:34 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=46492#comment-303945 As a pediatrics nurse, I deal with ringworm in patients all the time. It’s so common in kids generally it’s no big deal. Yet, when ringworm occurs on the scalp it can cause pretty significant patchy hair loss. It’s best avoided by hand washing after touching pets.

]]> http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/28/health-and-family/pets-animals/ringworm-mythbusters.html/comment-page-1#comment-199633 cathy Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:21:57 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=46492#comment-199633 I was not even thinking about animals when I saw the term ringworm. I am a middle school teacher and was thinking about contagious students.

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