Diseases of the scalp

Clinical trichology solves the problems associated with the pathology of the hair. This new direction in medicine, based on the treatment and correction of aesthetic shortcomings of a person's appearance. The doctor-trichologist determines the causes of disturbances in the structure and function of the hair. After developing a method of eliminating a factor that provokes pathological changes.

Infectious diseases of scalp

Ringworm

Ringworm of fungal origin, affects the outer layer of the skin and hair. Visually you can find a rash, on its edges scattered small bumps, like blisters. In some places an abscess appears, with purulent discharge coming from the affected areas. In place of ringworm hair breaks and tangles, cover with a crust, abundantly allocated dandruff. In the zones depriving the hair over time fall out. You can get infected with ringworm by touching the sick person or animal, to the objects they touched. The carrier does not always know about the infection. Treatment is standard, includes drugs and antifungal shampoos.

Folliculitis

Skin diseases of the head of an infectious origin often arise due to violation of personal hygiene rules. Folliculitis affects the hair follicles, not only on the head, but on all parts of the body. The causative agent are bacteria, sometimes fungi. First a red spot appears at the base of the hairs, to which it is painful to touch. Quickly the speck turns into a purulent papule with itching.

Drugs for treatment are used very rarely, with deep penetration of the infection.

Pediculosis

Diseases of the scalp arise from infection with parasitic insects head lice. Lice suck blood, there is a strong itch on the site of bites. The patient itches, leaving scratches on the skin, which do not heal and scar for a long time. Lice accumulate on the occipital part of the head, laying eggs more often behind the ears. Insects can be of different colors: white, brown, brown. Modern preparations for the treatment of pediculosis are based on benzyl benzoate.

Dandruff, as a violation of the sebaceous glands

Diseases of the scalp lead to different cosmetic defects. Dandruff is one of them. Often, the fever is complicated by pathogenic bacteria and microbes that enter the affected areas. Seborrhea is considered a marker of other pathologies of the body.

The list of organs requiring increased attention for chronic manifestations of dandruff includes the entire endocrine system, nasopharynx and digestion. Therefore, a trichologist in the treatment of seborrhea includes vitamins, drugs for the immune system and physiotherapy.

Sores on the scalp

Eczema

Eczema is different, it is a group of skin diseases, which, as a rule, are chronic. Often the diagnosis is inherited. The causes of the acquired disease are not thoroughly studied by medicine. Some types of eczema are explained as an allergic reaction of an organism to one or another food product. Eczema can cause chemicals that are contained in cosmetics, in medications taken, in soap. There are cases when the eczema provoked cloth clothes.

Diseases of the scalp, included in the category of the specimen, are manifested by severe itching. Blisters with a liquid appear on the head. In some places, the blisters turn into skin seals, begin to peel off. Chronic eczema symptoms are controlled with drugs that eliminate itching and rash.

Psoriasis

Psoriasis most often affects the scalp. Plaques arise, which cover the whole of the scalp, growing together into a single dense formation. Psoriasis does not affect hair growth. The disturbance is similar to copious dandruff with large parts of the epithelium. To eliminate the formed sebaceous flakes it is necessary very carefully, that by mechanical influence not to strengthen the inflammatory process.