So when Pam and her older sister found the limping kitten outside, they brought it home, hoping to nurse it back to health. However, Pam and her siblings would soon need the nursing.
A week after taking in the kitten, the two girls developed an itchy rash all over their bodies. Eventually, five of the six Dixon children got the rash.
"My middle daughter, Kimmy, she never got better, ended up having to go to the hospital and get intravenous antibiotics," James Dixon said. "We discovered it was from a fungus that the cat had." A veterinarian informed the Dixons that the cat had microsporum gypsum, a form of ringworm.
Since then, every day has been a struggle at the Dixon home. "It's been day to day, sanitizing everything everybody touches, treating hundreds of spots on the kids, twice a day, every day," Dixon said.
Dixon said his family's mistake should be a caution to others who might take in a stray animal. "Find out if there's anything wrong with them before you let your kids play all over the floor with them, because they scatter their germs everywhere."
4 comments:
Ok ring worm of that proportion does not spread over night, it spreads quickly, but the amount of ring worm on the child's neck and face above is due to not seeking medical treatment soon enough.
People should always beware before taking strays in- even kittens. They are cute, sure but most if not all carry diseases. if you want to help ferals, trap-spay-release.
yes, that's true. one time my dad found a dog outside roaming around. no collar, no nothing. later he found out it had fleas and called the nearest animal shelter. Moral of this story: be careful and look for diseases or fleas on animals BEFORE you take them anywhere.
Im have very similar rashes on my neck and torso area I went to the hospital but the doctors didn't know what it was so they prescribed me steroides the steroids made the rashes kinda go away but after the pills ended my rashes came back I also have a cat I have 2 cats I had the cats now for 8yrs and I never had rashes like this my boyfriend lives with me and he doesn't have any rashes so I dont know if I got ringworm. I have a appointment with a dermatologist in a week hopefully they can diagnose me.
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