Ringworm is an infectious disease caused by various types of pathogenic fungi. Symptoms of ringworm of the skin may be redness, itching and peeling of the skin or hair loss at the site of infection. In the pharmacy without a prescription there are medicines for use on the skin in the form of creams, gels and lotions, containing antifungal ingredients such as terbinafine, clotrimazole or cyclopirox with olamine.