jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·4 months agoThat is really not a place you want anything medical called “ringworm” even if it isn’t actually a worm.
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 months agoThey really need to rename it. Pretty sure most people assume it’s a parasitic infection.
minus-squaremedgremlinlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIt got that name because the welts look like a worm in a circle under the skin. It looks like a raised red ring about 2-3cm in diameter that is usually pretty painful and itchy.
That is really not a place you want anything medical called “ringworm” even if it isn’t actually a worm.
They really need to rename it. Pretty sure most people assume it’s a parasitic infection.
It got that name because the welts look like a worm in a circle under the skin. It looks like a raised red ring about 2-3cm in diameter that is usually pretty painful and itchy.