Question by barrettjuanita: My large chow has ringworm what effective treatments are available to quickly remedy this problem?
My chow that is 10 years old recently had precancerous tumors removed at the humane society hospital. Shortly afterwards his hair started falling out and rings in his skin developed. The vets say he didn’t get it there (I question this) and that he probably had the problem for years before the actual eruptions occoured. Since then we have spent a fortune on different medicines, shampoos, etc. We have even began using Lamisil AT. He also has chronic ear infections and eye infections. It is bad enough that he has all these problems but now with the ringworm I am afraid that my other two dogs and two cats may also contract the disease. Years ago I treated my cat with pharmaldihide (a treatment I got from a turn of the century medical book) and just like the book said it treated the ringworm with the first application. However the area on my dog is too great to treat this way. Years ago my dad treated a dog with mange with used motor oil and that worked then but isn’t practical now.

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Answer by Movm2813
you should talk to your vet, he can always recommend the best possible treatment, treating a dpg wotj romgwpr, requires extra caution as the disease can be spread to the humans.

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Question by Brooke: How quickly does ringworm look like classic ringworm?
My 1yr. old has an almost perfect circle on his cheek and it’s red. It just appeared today and has not gone away. I also have a dog in the house that was diagnosed with ringworm last week and is now on medication. I’m scared that my little guy has caught the ringworm from my dog…but I can’t tell for sure if that’s what it is.

It is extremely dry in our house so the spot could also be just a dry patch of skin. How long does it take to notice if it’s just a typical dry patch or if it’s something more?

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Answer by kah35
I think it’s ringworm. My preschooler had it a few years ago. Take him to a doctor as soon as possible for a prescription. My son still has a a slight scar from the ringworm.

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Question by ? psychotic: If a dog’s heart worm test goes positive quickly, does it have worse heart worms than a test that takes time?
Just asking, for I was in there with my dog when the test turned. The doctor said the test turned very quickly. Thank you sooo much! ^-^

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Answer by BunnuvaSitch
No. How quickly the “positive” dot turns blue is no indication of the severity of the disease. Good luck in yours and your dog’s journey to recovery — it will be long, expensive, and painful, but well worth it if he recovers.

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Just asking, for I was in there with my dog when the test turned. The doctor said the test turned very quickly. Thank you sooo much! ^-^