Kansas Wrestling Forums General Discussion Kids Folkstyle Ringworm....

When can a wrestler return to practice and tournaments after taking the medication to cure it

I would suggest you get a Doctor to sign a skin release form for it, otherwise you're probably going to run into trouble.

yes get the form taken care of...it gives a guideline of when an athlete can return to practice/competition at the bottom of the sheet, and I am pretty sure that form is accessible on some website somewhere.

The form is under "General Info" on the left side of this page -
Click forms and scroll down to the skin form

It is 3 days I believe. Definitely get it treated. Don't try to bleach it. Use a good medication and keep treating it until the skin is 100% clear. Usually about a month.

The answer you may be looking for is without a doctor's release (ringworm treated by over the counter medicine) typically a kid should not practice and expose others until the signs of ringworm are gone. If you read the websites (I only look at webmd as it has some credibility and fact-checking) the earliest should be 48 hours after treatment has began. The real answer appears to be that every case is different and as long as the fungi is present, it can be spread. It doesn't even have to be person to person. It can be left on the mat, on a dirty towel, jock, underwear, etc. Fungus lives longer in moisture and if you keep using the dirty towel it can reoccur. My advice is to immediately get a kid off the mat, send them home from practice or the tournament, and quietly advise the parents to see a doctor and get the fungus treated. Do not allow them back into practice until a doctor clears them from ringworm. Also continue to check them as some kids have had reoccurrences as it wasn't completely gone. Clean your mats every night and use protective foam. Go to www.defensesoap.com and they have great teatree soap that many athletes use and the protective foam and matcleaner. Look at your wrestlers on Monday or Tuesday and if they still have their weight and age brackets on their arm, talk to their parents about bathing practices. Impetigo and ringworm are nasty problems and hygiene, prevention, and treatment are of the utmost importance. Hillbilly takes a bath every day... good luck to you.

By the way, I think with satellite weigh-ins becoming the norm, tournaments need to have referees do a skin check before every first round match. Ringworm has been rampant at tournaments this year and it is only going to get worst. I think we need to be vigilant at tournaments early in the year so a kid doesn't find out for the first time when real checks are done (sub-districts) that his dreams of going to state or winning state are over because he has ringworm or impetigo and nobody has bothered to check it all year. Plus it is a dangerous health condition to some if untreated for lengthy periods.

He started the meds tuesday and the dr gave him a note to return to school but i guess ill need to take him back to have them fill out the form. Thanks everyone

Fill out the form and take a letter with the doctors letterhead or a copy of the prescription letter with you. See the form. (as per Coaches meeting at Salina last weekend.)

High school release form says 72 hours from the start of treatment. I know, we have already dealt with it this year.

Got the release from the Dr. Appreciate the responses every one.