OUR resident specialist and NHS GP, Dr Zoe Williams, shares her expert advice. Today, Dr Zoe helps a reader who has been suffering from an itchy flaky scalp for over a year. Q: I’M a 72-year-old ...

This sometimes came with social stigmatisation because of the visible hair loss and scaling on their scalp. Almost everyone will develop a superficial fungal infection at some point in their lives.

Tinea capitis causes hair loss, scaling, erythema ... Dermatophyte skin infections are the most frequent clinically seen fungal infections in the world (Abdel-Rahman et al., ...

“Tinea” means fungus, the cause of the rash ... that may cause red skin that is scaly or itchy. It may also cause hair loss in the affected area. Ringworm can be spread from person to person ...

Dog fungal infections are caused by fungi ... might cause scaly pink lesions on the skin and hair loss. A Malassezia infection of the ear might cause dark brown discharge, itchiness, and a ...