This common skin disease is highly treatable, but you’ll need patience — it takes time and effort.

By Tom Ewing

Feline dermatophytosis (FD) is among the most frequently occurring skin disorders affecting the worldwide cat population. Although the condition is commonly called ringworm (even by veterinarians), it is a fungal infection having nothing at all to do with worms. And the only thing it has to do with rings is the circular area of itchy rash that may — but won’t necessarily — appear on the skin of an infected animal or human. The disorder was given its misleading name centuries ago by people who believed it was caused by an insidious little creature that wormed its way into a person’s circulatory system and curled up neatly beneath the victim’s…

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