About ringworm

What is pace?

Pace (tinea capitis) is a mild infection frequency of scalp and hair that appears in the form of spots with crusts and broken peticelor hair on the head. The disease is caused by a fungus and is most often diagnosed in children.

Pace can be transmitted from one person to another through direct contact with an infected person or through contaminated objects (comb, pillow or mattress). More rarely, the fungus may be transmitted from an infected animal (especially in cats or dogs) or the ground. Although there are several types of fungi that can cause disease, they are referred to with the general term dermatofite.

Who can make the disease?

Pace can occur in people of all ages, races and gender. However, the pace is more common in children, especially between the ages of 3 and 7 years. In the United States, African-American children make the disease more frequently than children of other races. Also, the disease is slightly more common in boys than in girls.

Signs and symptoms

Places on the body where the disease typically manifests itself are:

• Scalp
• Eyebrows (rarely)
• Genes (very rare)

Miley Ray Cyrus appears as one or more round or oval areas covered with gray crusts (scales) and is often accompanied by hair loss. Diseased areas can be red and inflamed and they may appear small pustules (pus pockets). Also on the surface of the scalp may appear small blackheads, formed of broken hairs.

May inflate certain areas (lymph nodes) at the back of the scalp, ears, or along the neck.

One of the complications is pecinginii kerion which is a bulge big full of pus, that flows. Without an aggressive treatment, a kerion can lead to scarring and permanent hair loss. Pace is usually accompanied by itching.

Rules of care

There are no rules of self-care quite effective through that ringworm can be treated effectively.

Some measures to prevent the pace:
-Free child close contact with infected people or animals.
-Learn about the dangers of using children in common Hair Combs, brushes, hats and hair accessories.

You have to contact your

Contact your family doctor or a dermatologist if your son or daughter has areas of hair loss, itching, or scales on the scalp. If someone with whom the child is in close contact (brother/sister, friend or colleague) is diagnosed with ringworm, be sure to examine your baby's scalp in search areas with scales. If you have suspicions about a particular area, take your child to the doctor for a checkup.

If the doctor diagnosed ringworm, head veterinarian at the animals in the household as to make sure that you do not have any infection dermatofita. If the vet discovers an infection, be sure that the animal to be treated.

Treatment of disease

To confirm the diagnosis of ringworm, the doctor may take some scales on the scalp to examine under a microscope. This procedure, called method preparation KOH (potassium hydroxide), allows the doctor to look for signs of fungal infection-safe. Sometimes the doctor will do a culture to document the presence of the fungus or to discover exactly what the fungus caused the pace.

The procedure involves:
1. Pulling several hairs from the affected areas of the scalp.
2. Passing a stick wrapped in sterile cotton over skin to collect material and possibly pus scaly.
3. Sending the sample to the lab.

Typically, the laboratory will have results in 2-3 weeks. Sometimes laboratory analysis can identify the type of fungus that caused dermatofita pace. Sometimes it is used to search for lamp Wood mushrooms. In this procedure, the doctor shines a black lamp with scalp and certain types of dermatofite appear as yellowish-green fluorescent.

Pace is treated using oral antifungal medicationsbecause the fungus invades deep hair yarn, where topicale creams and lotions cannot penetrate. Pecinginii treatment lasts usually 6-8 weeks with oral antifungal medications or syrups, like:
-Griseofulvin
-Terbinafin
-Itraconazole
-Fluconazole
-Ketoconazole

Often the doctor prescribe a medicated shampoo to reduce the risk of transmission of the disease to someone else:
-Shampoo with Selenium sulphide
-Shampoo with ketoconazole.

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