Image: Shutterstock If your nails are affected by ringworm, they may become thicker or discolored or begin to crack. If your scalp is affected by ringworm, the hair around it may break or fall off ...

Tinea capitis (also more commonly known as ringworm of the scalp) is a common fungal infection that affects your scalp and hair follicles. Despite its name, this infection is not caused by a worm ...

When you have dermatitis in your scalp, it causes inflammation that can irritate the nerves in that area, leading to pain, ...

Ringworm is actually caused by infection of ... It can cause rashes on the body (Tinea corporis), the feet (Tinea pedis), the scalp (Tinea Capitis) or the nails. It sounds as though your daughter ...

and it can occur almost in coin shape patches although sometimes it can spread.... On the scalp, they start losing hair actually, because there's so much inflammation going on so you can see some ...

Ringworm is actually caused by infection of ... but can also affect the feet (athlete's foot), the scalp or the nails. When, as with your nephew, it affects the body the rash often starts in ...

Ringworm, medically known as tinea, is a contagious skin infection caused by several different fungus organisms and can affect various parts of the body. The fungus that causes scalp and foot ringworm ...

Ringworm, a fungal infection, can occur on a person’s scalp, the NHS says. In that case, it can cause patchy hair loss. Complications like kerion (pus-filled bumps on your scalp) and Majocchi ...

And with good reason: the Soo had been hit by a raging epidemic of tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp). Of 5,712 elementary schoolchildren, 1,300 had ringworm; so had 150 preschool moppets and ...

Itchy skin. Patches of hair that has broken off at, or near, the scalp. However, with ringworm being discussed more openly, there is mounting pressure on barbering to increase hygiene levels and ...