Hair loss is a common health condition that is caused due to many factors such as hormonal changes, poor nutrition, drugs, hereditary factors, and certain medications or medical procedures. These days the majority of people are suffering from this hair fall or flaky scalp condition. In addition, the majority of people face this problem due to overstyling and cheap hair products or overuse of shampoo. This hair loss condition leads to redness, itchy, and sticky scalp. Some times it can also lead to smelly and flaky scalp. This condition is known as Tinea capitis in medical science.
What is Tinea capitis?
Tinea capitis is the condition which is usually known as fungal infection. This condition leads to hair fall, patchy scalp, itchy, and smelly scalp. This is additionally known as ringworms of the scalp which also cause redness and swelling. This condition basically caused because of using the same comb and using a dirty comb. Many people encounter this condition due to dirt, dust, or environmental factors.
Causes of Tinea capitis
This condition is caused due to dermatophytes which are fungi or organism that thrive on dead tissues which are present on your scalp. These organisms lead to warmth, sweaty, and moisture scalp or hair. This condition is generally caused in children because these spend more time outside or use others comb which is the primary reason behind this condition. In addition, this can also spread from an infected person, when they touch your scalp. Some person encounters this condition from pet animals such as dogs and cats. You may not notice these things earlier but these conditions can cause hair fall or hair thinning. In this situation you need to meet your primary care doctor, he will definitely guide you about the hair loss treatment.
Symptoms of Tinea capitis
There are several symptoms of Tinea capitis such as redness, swelling, patchy hair loss, itching, flaky skin, and smelly scalp. You need to wash your hair regularly but over wash also cause hair fall.
Other symptoms of tinea capitis include:
- painful scalp
- brittle hair
- dull and dry hair
- dandruff and irritation
- Swollen lymph nodes
In this situation, you need to talk to your doctor in order to get proper treatment for this condition. He may suggest you certain medications or hair transplant surgery which actually gives you relief from patchy hair or hair thinning.
Treatment Of Tinea Capitis
There are many types of hair loss treatments which give you effective results but this condition is a little different from normal hair loss. Your doctor may prescribe you oral medications which you have to take for 2 months in order to get proper results. These types of medications are known as antifungal medications include griseofulvin and terbinafine hydrochloride. These both medicines have some side effects such as upset stomach or you may experience diarrhea and vomiting. But these side effects do not affect you much more as compared to other medications. You should use only medicated shampoo because it is totally safe hair loss treatment which is prescribed by your surgeon.
