how do you get ringworm?
You can do 2 things.  Buy ointment for atheletes foot at your local pharmacy.  They are related fungi.  Or you can apply clear nail polish to the site.  It stings like a... well it stings, but works.\n\nSorry my brain automatically inserted rid in that sentence.  Ring worm is a fungal disease similar to athletes foot.  It can be picked up by walking around barefoot or from contact with someone/something with ring worm.  I had ring worm more times working at the animal shelter.  No symptoms appear on a carrier until about 7 days, so many times the cute stray kitten your petting will get a funky growth on its nose.  Once, I had a foster kitten with ring worm.  It was horrible since he had been playing with my four cats for a few days.  They had to get medicated baths twice a day (they really enjoyed it being cats and all.)