Ringworm (Tinea)
Your child is required to remain home.
Cause/Symptoms:
Transmission:
Incubation:
Period of Communicability:
- Fungus
- Flat, well demarcated, red, circular patches with scaly or crusted border on the skin or scalp
- The patches are often itchy
Transmission:
- Person to person by direct skin to skin contact or indirectly from contact with contaminated objects or surfaces
Incubation:
- 10 to 14 days for scalp; 4 to 10 days for other areas
Period of Communicability:
- As long as lesions are present or until treatment is initiated
We can discuss your child's return to daycare once all the following criteria has been met:
With treatment
With treatment
- The ringworm can be covered up (child can not get to it)
- 48 hrs after treatment has begun
- At least 72 hours have passed since the onset of symptoms/diagnosis
- Once the infection is cleared-up
With treatment -
Your child is required to stay home for at least seventy-two (72) hours, if not longer.
Without treatment -
The length of time your child is required to stay home will depend on how long the infection takes to go away.
Your child is required to stay home for at least seventy-two (72) hours, if not longer.
Without treatment -
The length of time your child is required to stay home will depend on how long the infection takes to go away.