Leather fungus (ringworm)

Leather fungus (ringworm)'s disease overview

Leather fungus (waterpipe is a condition caused by different mushrooms. Different fungi affects the different areas of the body. This is named after the parts that fungal disease appears, such as body fungus, scalp fungus, leg fungus, thigh skin fungus, and nail mushrooms ..

Skin fungus or waterpipe is a common disease in hot and humid tropical countries, poor hygiene environment facilitates the disease and spread. The most common symptom of the disease is the appearance of round, discolored and very itchy skin spots. When the disease is not treated properly, it is easy to suffer from bacterial superinfection, which leads to more difficult treatment and greatly affects the aesthetics and quality of life. Especially, the disease is easy to relapse, so early detection and timely treatment will be completely cured and not relapse again.

Causes of Leather fungus (ringworm)'s disease

The cause of skin fungal diseases is that some small fungus can only be seen under a microscope called Dermatophytes. The common mushrooms are Malassezia Furfur, Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton. Fungal fungus causes very small fungal fungal disease, can only be seen under a microscope and is likely to grow in a warm and humid environment. People with oily skin or changes in hormones in the body make the immune system weaker also more susceptible to skin fungus than usual.

Symptoms of Leather fungus (ringworm)'s disease

  • Common symptoms are itching. Sometimes there is a state of peeling or peeling in the skin.
  • On the body, ringworm starts in the form of mild floating patches, with a ring or oval, red or brown, appears in the skin and causes itching. This skin can appear in patches, the surface also has scales with hard edges or small blisters.
  • During redness and skin scales, the disease can be transmitted to others. Scratching or scratching can cause swelling, watery and facilitating infections.

    • Ringworm often develops in the legs or in the body. There are many types of mushrooms including:

  • Fungal skin thigh disease: A skin fungus usually appears on the inside of the thigh. Fungal fungal disease often causes severe pain and itching, often accompanied by red rashes, and mushrooms that are likely to spread to the fold of the body. The rash often appears swelling and skin color different from the skin color of the surrounding areas.

    • Fungal fungal disease: A type of skin fungus often appears in the interstitial and back of the feet. Fungal fungal disease often causes itching, rash, peeling, dead skin, burning, mild skin bulging, and has a moldy or uncomfortable smell. Dry skin may be peeled or cracked. The most severe itching in the toes.

  • Scalp fungus: There are initial symptoms of redness and swelling in the scalp area, then hair loss. The infected hair often becomes weak and easy to shed. Pustules may appear in the form of honeycomb, or damaged skin areas blistered, containing pus, small size. Some people may be swollen or necrotic, accompanied by water. Severe fungal skin can cause fever and cause lymphadenitis.
  • Multi -colored skin fungus: usually shows no signs, but some people feel more itchy and sweat more. The fungal infection area may have many different colors and accompanied by small spots, pink white or dark brown scales and clear edges. The disease usually occurs in the upper arm, chest, back, neck and sometimes on the face. Light skin may show pale or pink spots, but dark skin can show light or dark spots. The infected skin area is usually not dull normally.

    • Signs of bacterial superinfection include:

  • Increased pain, swelling, redness, skin necrosis, or burning
  • Red marks spread from the infected area
  • Pus situation
  • Fever 38 ° C or higher without the cause
  • The rash is still spreading after treatment.

    • Transmission route of Leather fungus (ringworm)'s diseaseLeather fungus (ringworm)

    Exposure to people with skin fungal disease can also cause disease. The disease is transmitted by:

  • Sharing utensils with other patients.
  • Exposure to the infected area in other patients.
  • Exposure to fungal infected animals
  • Exposure to fungal infected land

    • People at risk for Leather fungus (ringworm)'s disease

    You have a higher risk of skin fungal infection if:

  • Live in a warm climate
  • Close contact with people or infected animals
  • Share clothes, towels or towels with people with fungal infection
  • Participate in sports contacts, like wrestling
  • Wear tight or restrictive clothes
  • There is a weak immune system
  • Wear tight clothes
  • Children younger than 15 years old

    • Prevention of Leather fungus (ringworm)'s disease

    Skin mushrooms are difficult to prevent. The fungus causing ringworm is common and spreads even before the symptoms appear. Helps reduce the risk of roundworm infection by taking the following steps:

  • keep it clean. Wash your hands regularly to avoid spreading infections. Keep the common or common areas, especially in schools, children's care centers, gyms and dressing rooms.
  • Keep cool and dry. Do not wear thick clothes for a long time in warm and moist weather. Avoid sweating too much.
  • avoid infected animals. Infections often look like a short -haired skin. However, in some cases, you may not notice any signs of the disease. Ask your veterinarian to check your pets and domesticated animals for roundworm disease.
  • Do not share clothes, personal belongings with others. Do not let others use clothes, towels, hair brushes or other personal items. Avoid borrowing these things from others.
  • Avoid using the bathroom in public places.
  • Wear comfortable underwear (to prevent thigh fungal disease).
  • Cotton socks and soft soles have good vents to keep dry legs (to prevent fungal skin fungus).

    • Diagnostic measures for Leather fungus (ringworm)'s disease

    The doctor will diagnose by skin examination, asking for functional symptoms as well as asking for a history of disease, a history of exposure to people or animals. The doctor may take a small skin sampling to test if the diagnosis does not give clear results. These samples will be analyzed under a microscope. The analysis results are usually available after a few days to help diagnose skin fungus (waterpipe).

    Leather fungus (ringworm)'s disease treatments

    Principle of treatment

  • Compliance with the right time to use the drug due to recurrent disease
  • Do not share personal items and clothes with others to avoid infection. 

    • In addition, when infected, applying the drug regularly will help reduce itching symptoms, avoid scratching the skin to facilitate the superinfection.

    Treatment of waterpipe disease includes:

  • For mild cases, drugs can be used (cream, skin ointment, or mushroom powder) as directed by the doctor. Should continue to treat ringworm with these drugs within 7 days after the infected skin area has been cured.
  • For severe cases, the doctor may also prescribe fungal cream to apply to the infected skin or fungal oral medications for more serious cases. . Your doctor may also prescribe pipe toka (such as Griseofulvinhay Terbinafine) for serious or prolonged cases of infection. When indicated to use these drugs, patients need to take adequate drugs during the treatment process as prescribed by the doctor. If not, the disease will recur.
    • In some rare cases, these drugs cause liver function change and the doctor will ask you to test to ensure that the liver is working normally. At that time, the doctor will monitor the dosage of the drug during the treatment process.

    Treatment time: Depending on the location that skin mushrooms appear, the treatment time may vary. Systemic fungal disease usually progresses better within 4 weeks of treatment. Fungal skin thigh disease often improves better after 2 to 8 weeks of treatment and fungal skin can take more time for treatment for better improvement. Multi -colored skin fungus has a treatment period that lasts from 1 to 2 weeks, but can last up to 1 month.

    Some notes during treatment

  • Apply the drug as directed.
  • Need to keep clean. Daily shower.
  • Keep the infected skin area clean and dry.
  • Do not scratch or rub in infected areas.
  • Do not share other people's personal items.
  • Wear clean and dry clothes. Avoid wearing nylon fabric. Should wear cotton or clothes with quick sweat -absorbing materials.

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