Ringworm

I've never had it that I remember. I do remember being deathly afraid of catching it in middle school and high school. The wrestlers would always get and pass it around to each other from direct contact of the sweaty mats. In gym, we were sometimes required to use those mats. ICK!

My elementary school playground had this area that had the perfect dirt for digging holes and we were always getting shooed away from it because we'd "catch ringworm." I didn't realize it was a real thing and not something the recess teacher made up

I think it's likely she had confused ringworm with pinworms, which kids can pick up from playing in dirt and then putting their hands in their mouths. And which actually involves worms (internal).

A couple of my kids have had it and except for the social stigma it was really NBD.

My son got it from the weight room in high school - on his face- and he also had it in elementary school on his arm.

At 2.5 years old, my great great niece started pulling her hair out. Big chunks. She would pull hair out and immediately stick her thumb in her mouth. Pediatrician thought it could be some type of stress or nervousness and referred her to a psychiatrist. Nothing they could come up with, but by now she was almost completely bald.
I don't remember who suggested a scalp biopsy but the biospy showed it being ringworm. She never had any marks that looked like rings though. They think she may have gotten it from the sandbox at the daycare on the military base where they were stationed. She continued pulling her hair out for quite a few years. They would restest for ringworm ever so often and they always came back negative. They said it was proably habit since it took them about 3 years to figure out it was ringworm.
But do have to say, that child has the healthiest head of hair I know.

Ugh, pinworm!

When one of my kids was in first grade there was obviously a child in class who either brought it to school, and shared it, causing it to go round and round, OR the same child kept passing it around.

Either way, my one poor kid got it twice that year. We treated the entire household with medication, right then, and again in the amount of time indicated, and were super diligent with laundering everything every single day, giving them a bath every morning, scrubbing the bath tub, etc. The first grader's case went away, and no one else in our household ever got them.

Then 3 months later they had them again.  After the holiday break they went back, and after that it didn't happen again, so I wondered if that break was enough to get everyone in class who may have had it cleared up.

But I felt so bad for the poor kid. It wasn't pleasant to have or to deal with.

Ugh. Lice is no picnic, either. We were spared that, but one of my nieces came home with it a few times.

My kids got it a few times from cats I brought home with it. I have been around animals with it for decades and never got it. But- I got it last year in like 5 places from a cat for the first time ever. It was right after I had dengue so I figure my immune system was crappy.

Just some cream and it clears right up, I did have to cover all the spots and be sure to be careful around others though for fear of spreading it. I have some elderly friends and volunteer with children.

Oh yes. I worked with preschoolers, so I had it several times. I had to use some cream to get rid of it.