Ringworm

[Scarlett]

We went to Kansas and my girls played with my parent's barn cats. I just found a ringworm on each of them.
I have heard that Lamisil works for the kids...or a liquid athletes food medicine.
What do you suggest?

My second question is....do you think my two house cats would have got this from my daughters? They obviously weren't around the cats...but my girls hold my cats daily. How do I tell and what do I do? This is all new to me!!!

[Grammar Rules]

I looked at the Mayo Clinic site, and Lamasil is one of the topical meds recommended. When in was little, my mother put the huge fear into us not to touch stray animals for that reason. I remember kids in my elementary school who had it...apparently not fatal!

[Night Owl]

I'm still here so it is not fatal. And Now you know why I don't like cats.

[Scarlett]

Cats eat birds. Now you know why I like them.

[curmudgeon]

Turpentine or paint thinner is what we used to put on the cows and ourselves when I was growing up...

[Brad Buckley, D.V.M.]

Ringworm can be transmitted from the kids to the cats though typically it is transmitted the other way. Treat kids aggressively and clean and wash any areas that the kids and cats could share (pillow cases, rugs, etc). I would also restrict the kids from handling the cats until their symptoms resolve. Remember that fomites, or inanimate objects, can harbor the fungus and serve as a means of transmission to all involved.

At least it's not really a worm...........it's just a fungus!!!