Ringworm? Cure?!

Ringworm? Cure?

I have what I believe to be ringworm, I bought some neosporin AF, the active ingredient is miconazole nitrate 2%. I have been applying the lotion twice a day for about a month to the affected area, and I have not seen any difference. In fact, it is spreading. I have been washing my sheets every other day, and changing towels every other day as well. should I put some on and try to keep the area covered with a bandage to prevent spreading? Is there another effective treatment that I can get over the counter? Anything I should do that I haven't been doing? I

It might not be ringworm. Most over the counter antifungals will work on most fungal skin infections however there are some forms of ringworm that are very hard to treat with over the counter strength or even topicals alone. It could be one of these difficult to treat strains. It could also be a number of other things like eczema or psoriasis. These would respond to steroids-you could try over the counter strength 10% cortisone cream-you could even do this in addition to the antifungal you are using. I usually tell my patients in takes several weeks to cure a fungal infection (slow to grow=slow to die) but it sounds like you have used the cream long enough to know. You didn't really say what the rash looked like or whether it itches/burns/hurts or all of the above. Skin stuff is really hard to diagnose without seeing it-you should probably see your primary care provider since it isn't going away and it IS getting worse!