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Tinea capitis is a fungal infection of the scalp, involving both the skin and hair. It is also known as scalp ringworm. Symptoms of tinea capitis include hair loss, dry scaly areas, redness, and itch.
3 mar 2022 · Tinea capitis, or scalp ringworm, is a fungal infection that affects your child’s scalp and hair. Symptoms of tinea capitis include swollen red patches, dry scaly rashes, itchiness and hair loss. Mold-like fungi called dermatophytes cause tinea capitis.
Go to the tinea capitis topic page. View pictures of tinea capitis in the gallery below. Tinea capitis, also known as scalp ringworm, is a scalp fungal infection, involving both the skin and hair. Symptoms include hair loss, dry scaly areas, redness, and itch.
1 mar 2023 · Tinea capitis (scalp ringworm) is a fungal infection of the scalp and involves both the skin and hair. Common symptoms include hair loss, dry, scaly patches, and inflamed skin. Tinea capitis is most commonly caused by Trichophyton tonsurans and Microsporum canis fungi.
Scalp ringworm (tinea capitis) is a very common fungal infection among children throughout the world. Read about treatment, signs and symptoms, home remedies, and see pictures of ringworm on the scalp.
Tinea capitis is the most common type of superficial dermatophytosis in children, affecting the skin and hair of the scalp. The disease occurs most often in prepubertal children and is characterized by scaling and hair loss of the scalp.
14 paź 2019 · Tinea capitis is the term for a ringworm infection that develops on the skin and inside the hair follicles on the scalp. Ringworm is a fungal infection that causes a bright red ring-shaped...
