This is Pedicast.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello, everyone, and welcome.

Once again to Pediacast.

It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike, coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It's episode 545 for September 26, 2020.

We're calling this one Common Skin Conditions and Athletes.

I want to welcome all of you to the program.

So we have an important episode for you this week, especially if you or your child is a student athlete.

And in particular, those athletes who participate in sports with a high degree of skin-to-skin contact, such as wrestling,

but others as well. Certainly there can be skin-to-skin contact as we think about basketball,

swimming even. So, you know, lots of sports, you certainly come into contact with other players.

Football, although there you're more covered than in other sports.

But if that describes you or your child participating in sports, then you already know that especially wrestlers are prone to sharing all sorts of skin conditions such as ringworm,

impotigo, herpes sores, and warts, among other things. But how do you tell these conditions

apart, what causes them, what symptoms can you expect, how are they treated, and what rules

apply regarding return to play? All great questions, and we will hopefully

have equally great answers for you today as we explore common skin conditions in student

athletes. And to help us along the journey, we have two fabulous guests with us today. Dr. Renno

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