A big factor in these problems was the lack of education among the wrestling and medical community. Physicians, coaches, athletic trainers and wrestlers needed to recognize the signs, symptoms and appearance of various skin diseases.
Another problem was identifying the proper treatment for each skin disease. Many of the traditional medications used on the general population were not working effectively with wrestlers. It seemed to be a more resistant strain and more difficult to attack. Please enter your name here. You have entered an incorrect email address! Must Read. US Combat Sports is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.
Contact us: mo pearllemon. January 16, About Contact. The ones we see time and time again are ringworm, herpes and bacterial infections, such as impetigo and MRSA.
Below is an audio file and transcript of our discussion. And, Joe, this time of the year we go indoors with a lot of the sports and sometimes we get those infections and such on the wrestling mats. Anybody can get these. Any athlete can get these. So, that can occur in any sport. But, this is the time of year where wrestling is reaching its peak — February is when all the bigger matches [are], and the state meet will be coming up later in February and March — and this is when these become really a big issue.
There are really 4 different rashes that we see a lot, and there is a lot of confusion about them. But, ringworm is the first one, Ray. And, you know, ringworm can occur in anybody, but it occurs in athletes and wrestlers the most. Ringworm is relatively easy to treat.
In the rules for state high school, [athletes must go through] 4 days of treatment on a by-mouth oral antifungal.
0コメント