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A member asked:
If i have ringworm can i go swimming? i have had it for about 2 weeks now, i've kept it covered with an anti fungal cream every day. it is faint now.
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Yes: You are unlikely to contaminate the pool or transmit the infection to anybody else.
Answered 8/5/2016
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