https://www.primehealthchannel.com/tinea-capitis-scalp-ringworm-causes-symptoms-pictures-and-treatment.html The channel that provides the best solutions for your health problems as well as providing quality health articles! Sat, 09 Feb 2019 18:33:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.2 https://www.primehealthchannel.com/tinea-capitis-scalp-ringworm-causes-symptoms-pictures-and-treatment.html#comment-3255 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:14:37 +0000 https://www.primehealthchannel.com/?p=1205#comment-3255 […] Tinea capitis (commonly known as Scalp Ringworm) is a contagious disease caused by a fungal infection harming the hair. Specifically a fungi named Dermatophytes acts on the border of the scalp and raises and reddens it. Sweating gives vent to this problem and causes excessive itching. It causes a great loss of hair, formation of black dots on the areas where hairs have broken or withered, inflammation of the affected area and formation of yellow crusts on the scalp and the enlargement of the lymph nodes on the nape. […]

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