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Warning as horrified gym-goer is diagnosed with contagious infection that left her oozing with blood after handling gym equipment

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A fitness finatic has warned gym-goers never to skip wiping down equipment before using it — after she contracted debilitating ringworm from an 'abs cruncher' machine.

Jamie Samnang, 41, initially thought she'd suffered a mosquito bite when she developed an intensely itchy rash on her arm that caused her to scratch so hard she drew blood.

However, after pus-filled bumps started appearing and the rash spread further to her legs and ankles, she sought medical help.

Medics then revealed that Mrs Samnang, from Silver Spring, Maryland, had been infected with the highly contagious fungal infection, ringworm.

While the disease is usually mild, causing a characteristic ring-shaped rash, in severe cases it can even lead to permanent scarring and hair loss. 

Mrs Samnang said she believes she caught the infection by placing her bare arms on the exercise machine at her gym without wiping the equipment down first.

After her diagnosis, medics ordered the make-up and beauty specialist to avoid work, the gym or even sleeping in the same bed as her husband to avoid spreading the contagion to others.

Recalling the ordeal, she said she first started to notice something was wrong a few hours after she arrived home from the gym. 

'I started to feel a slight tingling, a slight itch,' she said. 

'I thought maybe I'd been bitten by a mosquito, but as the days went on it kept getting worse.

'Bite cream wasn't working and I started to get these red raised bumps that were filled with pus.'

She said the itching was so 'intense and severe' she ended up scratching until she bled.

Ringworm patients are urged not to scratch the affected areas as this enables the fungus to spread to other body parts, as occurred in Mrs Samnang's case. 

'It spread to my legs and ankles because I was itching my arms and then touching my legs,' she said.

After being diagnosed with ringworm by a dermatologist, Mrs Samnang said she was 'shocked and disgusted' adding she had no idea that gyms were a hotspot for the infection. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14481831/warning-ringworm-horrified-gym-goer-body-infection.html

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