Recent news articles point to the risks involved in spreading infectious and contagious skin ailments in contact sports particularly wrestling, but football, basketball and any sport where skin to skin contact occurs can transfer infection between players.
Infectious skin conditions include ringworm, impetigo, bacterial infections and herpes gladiatorum, the technical name for mat herpes.
Once a player is infected he or she should not participate in any further contact sport until the infection has been eliminated completely, usually 7-14 days with suitable medication.
There are a range of antibiotics and topical creams and ointments available, however many people are now asking if there are effective natural remedies for ringworm, impetigo, bacterial infections and herpes.
Fortunately there are and one natural treatment for fungal, bacterial and viral skin infections that has been well documented in scientific research is the essential oil of the Manuka plant from New Zealand.
Independent scientific studies have proven that Manuka oil is highly effective in controlling all of the skin infections that are commonly spread through contact sports.
Also a recent report from an orphanage in Africa confirms that ringworm and other bacterial skin infections were treated with Manuka oil and that the results were highly successful. Also that the infections were totally healed in a very short time.
