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Can ringworm spread everywhere or it just grows bigger? i'm having more dots looking like pityriasis rosea? are they similar?ringworm similar?
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Skin: As you have been taught earlier these two infections are not in any way similar. If you still doubt what you have been taught, please get to your family physician who can easily diagnose these two common problems.
Answered 1/11/2015
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