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Why ringworm on chest is spreading a little on the surrounding skin even if i use clotrimazole on it for last 5 days since it appeared?

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Dr. Stefania Lima answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Make sure it is it: Sometimes it might take a week or 2 for those lesions to disappear, but make sure you have the correct diagnosis by visiting your primary care doctor.

Answered 6/21/2014

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