rattles

microsporum canis

Posted on 11/04/09, 08:18 pm

My daughter has had a skin scraping done as she has had sores appearing on various parts of body for months and they've been treated on/off as they appear. Now we have heard the results are it is microsporum canis, which is a fungal thing/ringworm. But we don't have a cat. A dog yes. She shows no sign of ringworm. I am going to take her to vet anyhow to have same skin scraping down to eliminate the dog or confirm she's carring this thing. Hope it's simple quick and easy to eradicate. Any ideas, thoughts, experiences. Dr said put Daktarin on sores or Lamasil. I love cats btw. Have had many as pets and would like again. And...I'm a Leo to anyone that cares! lol

• Reply #1 11/05/09  7:21pm
  
  ALC67
  Microsporum canis sounds like a dog thing. Canis being the latin word for dog. If it were a cat thing it would probably be 'microsporum felis', 'felis' being the word for cat.
  That being said I would add that fungi, germs, bacteria etc are everywhere. You don't have to have an animal to be exposed to animal specific germs.
  As fro the fungal infection you can try Calendula lotion, Tea Tree Oil, or Oregano. All are powerful anti infective. Calendula and Tea Tree being specific for fungus.
  Hope this helps...
• Reply #2 11/06/09  1:24am
  
  naukana
  Your right ALC67, canis is dog in latin. I've also heard that trying melaleuca pet shampoo on the skin problem would help if you want to try a natural way to help with this.
• Reply #3 11/06/09  3:42am
  
  rattles
  Thankyou for these responses. I am heading to the vet soon, going to see if they can put a fluro light on dog as the fungus is meant to show under the fluro.
• Reply #4 11/06/09  6:33am
  
  ALC67
  Unless I miss my guess (which is always a possibility) Malaleuca is the botanical name for Tea Tree. I'd look it up to be sure but I'm in the middle of moving and all my herbal books have been packed away already. Didn't think I'd need them (famous last words).
• Reply #5 11/06/09  11:00pm
  
  rattles
  Yes that's correct. Been to vet, dog's in the clear. Not a clear cut answer. Even if (which I've decided to do anyway!) we rip out carpet of bedrooms and replace with timber look flooring no gaurentee of eradicating spores, BUT I can vacume, bleach floors more regulary, try some Ethical Nutrients Immune Booster (we sell at work) for Brooke to take daily and just deal with it the best we can. Dirt, school, kids...always close and can mean lots of ailments. Argh!
• Reply #6 11/07/09  7:48am
  
  ALC67
  Ah so you work in Natural Health do you? Cool! I used to work at a health food store and have studied natural healing for many years before that.
  As for the infection, I'd guess it's something she picked up from playing in the dirt or something. Kids get into all kinds of things, as you know.
• Reply #7 11/11/09  5:01pm
  
  gena1224
  Jasmine had ringworm not long ago and caught it from the sandbox at the local park of all places. Many many kids in the area were infected and so the Health Dept did a check on all the places the kids had in common... wouldn't ya know it, the sandbox. Until then I was unaware that ringworm could even live in sand. Pepper was all clear though, and a good shampooing of the carpets insured that there weren't any spores left behind.
  
  We just put some Lamisil on the places that came up. Hope your little girl feels better soon.

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