Skin disease:Tinea Versicolor

Tinea versicolor is a common disease in our country.8-10% people can be affected by  this..Males are more risky than females.It lures in hot and moist climate.It does not lead to any complication in future except mild itching and awkward looking.

Causes of it:
Its main cause is one kind of malassezia fungus which can be many types.They live in skin as parasite without any complication and it accepts death tissue  and escaping oil from skin as food.But when their amount increase due to hot and sweating,then they create disease.

Where its accommodation:
It is found in chest,back,throat and hands.Sometimes especially it can be found in face of the children.

How does it look:
It is round with sniffing and can mix together.Skin color may be mild than other places of the body or light brown or rosy.Sometimes fiber cover may be shown.Generally whose skin is deep color,their skin may be mild to look at and who are white color,their skin color may be light brown or rosy.Sometimes patients feel itching

Treatment:
Selenium sulphide,or fungus preventive medicines or shampoo or cream can be used and among these fungus preventive medicines can be used as orally.Propylene glycol or sodium thiosulphate also may be used.There is fully possible to cure from it in case of light brown or rosy but expected curing is not possible in case of wan color.



Prevention:
In hot weather there is lot of sweating and oil from our body which helps to grow its production.Sweating or oil can be removed by repeated bathing.Many times it can not be removed by treatment but can be controlled by treatment.This type of skin color may be looked due to others skin disease.So it is possible to be well to take proper treatment.