• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    That is really not a place you want anything medical called “ringworm” even if it isn’t actually a worm.

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      5 months ago

      They really need to rename it. Pretty sure most people assume it’s a parasitic infection.

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        5 months ago

        I work in microbiology and only recently learned it’s actually a fungus.

        Disclaimer: I’m sure I’ve learned about it in the parasitology classes I’ve had but that was 15 years ago and since then I’ve been in bacteriology and sequencing.

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          5 months ago

          What a great time to be in microbiology, with all we’ve been learning about DNA, etc. I’m kind of jealous! Hope you enjoy your work.

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        5 months ago

        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.