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" Question My five year-old son has had ringworm for the last nine weeks and despite having used the creams as directed by our GP the infection remains. The area affected is on his cheek.  Every time I think it&amp;#039;s just about to go completely, it seems to reappear (I do not stop using the creams).   Answer Ringworm (tinea corporis) is a fungal infection and a cream containing clotrimazole (an antifungal agent) should be able to get rid of it successfully from the face.  You say that the ringworm keeps coming back, but you don&amp;#039;t mention exactly how the patch on your son&amp;#039;s cheek changes to make you think that the infection is flaring up.  If the skin on the treated area is simply remaining a little redder or browner than the skin around it this may be due to post-inflammatory pigmentation. This means that where the fungal infection has caused the skin to become inflamed, the skin cells may be producing a little extra pigment and this can make the affected skin look a bit darker then the surrounding, normal skin.  This problem will usually settle on its own, although it could take many weeks for the darker colour to fade. It does not indicate that the ringworm is coming back.  If, however, the patch on the cheek keeps becoming red, scaly and itchy it could be that the fungal infection is partially resistant to the cream that you are using, or that it is not a fungal infection at all.  There is a form of eczema that can produce red, itchy, circular patches on the skin and sometimes this can be confused with ringworm.  If the patch on the cheek is showing these kinds of changes I think you will need to let your GP have a look at it to see exactly what the problem is.  Yours sincerely The NetDoctor Medical Team   Other Q&amp;amp;As Alternative remedies for colds Are my daughters giving each other thrush in the bath? Childhood pneumonia Childhood shingles Children and meningococcal septicaemia Dealing with threadworm in children under two Does my child have thrush? Does my daughter have oral thrush? Does my daughter have vaginitis? Does my daughter need antibiotics for scarlet fever? Glandular fever and Coxsackie virus at the same time Has E. coli urinary tract infection scarred my daughter&amp;#039;s kidneys? How did my grandson catch E. coli? How likely is it that my children have caught scabies from my niece? Is my little girl suffering from thrush? Lack of appetite after meningitis My eight-year-old daughter has vulval vaginitis My child has worms My daughter has been diagnosed with shingles My daughter keeps getting coughs My daughter keeps getting urinary tract infections My son&amp;#039;s cold isn&amp;#039;t getting better My son has had five pneumonias My son keeps getting threadworm No relief from threadworm Scalp ringworm Slap cheek disease Slapped cheek syndrome Tell me about pneumonia in children What is Cryptosporidium? What is scarlet fever? What is slapped cheek disease? What is Staph. saprophyticus?   Last updated 29.10.2014 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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