Yes. Ring worm and athletes foot and jock itch are all the same things. There are different names for where on the body ring worm is found, and I believe there is a difference in how they are passed from area to area. I believe ring worm of the body. Tinea corpus, cannot be passed to the scalp or nails or feet. I also think that athletes foot cannot be passed to the body. The type of fungus can be different... I'm not a doctor either
http://www.medicinenet.com/ringworm/article.htm
Now, this could be all horribly wrong, but I think I remember reading about it when I was trying to figure out what the heck I had the first time I ever got ring worm (last summer).
A reason your athletes foot may come back is because your wearing the same shoes where the spores are. Those spores are incredibly hardy, and reinfection can very well continue.
Have you considered anti-fungal pills? They are said to work within 2 weeks, and do have some residual effect.
I don't know, that's just all what I read online. My ring worm only really drove me nuts when it was on my palm, that's why it busted open, pussed up and got infected. Because I don't care if it's going to get infected... it itches dammit.
So far, we gave our cat a shampooing. The main ingredients are Miconazole and chlorhexidine gluconate, then she gave us Pledget wipes (chlorhexidine gluconate) to use on him twice a day.
She told me to clean anything I have ever touched and to sterilize all of our laundry. (Lucky for me I have a Miele washer, which I have burned myself on) Cat was pretty good with the scrub, we put him in the snake room to dry lol. Wet cats are funny.
Okay, sorry for the long winded post, but this is a huge deal in my life right now LOL.
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