Not really lah. You can get it from physical contact from pets or even at the gym.

As long as your skin makes contact with the bacteria, then your skin gets it.

Many athletes have it at their feet too.

This post has been edited by pandawan: Mar 2 2022, 10:36 AM

I go gym a lot, I also get it too. As long as the skin have contact with any surface that has the bacteria, you'll get it too.

Apply anti fungal cream and it goes away already.

They call it ringworm but it's not exactly "worm". It's just the bacteria only that eats the outer skin.

How it works is, someone who is infected would use the bench or equipment. Then the next unlucky person would use it get skin contact with the bacteria. That's how a person gets infected.

Or

Your pet dog or cat go outside, roll on the grass or play with other stray dogs who are infected too. Then they come back and have skin contact with you.

It's not exactly personal hygiene but really, what can you do to totally avoid it? Sometimes just unlucky.

I spray them but sometimes i lie down on the mat/floor too. I guess that's where it came from.