Is your scalp shedding scales of dead skin? Dandruff! Not attractive, not contagious and usually controllable.
Your cause for excessive flaking and itching may be a chronic condition or just temporary.
Several causes for dandruff are:
dry skin
psoriasis
scalp sunburn
contact dermatitis
seborrheic dermatitis
And an emerging cause for dandruff is malassezia fungus.
Malassezia is common on many healthy folks scalp. [...]
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Seborrheic dermatitis is the skin condition that is one cause for adult dandruff and the cause for cradle cap. Although it typically affects the scalp, other seborrhea, aka oily skin, areas may also come up flaky.
Seborrheic dermatitis disease causes skin flaking, believed to be instigated by a yeast fungus in adults and hormones in [...]
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Chickenpox is generally a mild infection caused by the varicella (herpes family) virus. It is highly contagious and spreads via air or direct contact.
Chicken pox’s most distinguishable feature is its rash, usually appearing on your face, scalp and trunk. The initial sign you’ve been infected with this virus are spots, which quickly turn [...]
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Rash Relief
Many associate a skin rash with annoying or outrageous itch. However, skin rashes are much more than just itchy skin.
A rash is any area on your skin that is irritated or swollen. Typically signaled by a color or texture change of your skin.
With a skin rash you may experience:
red
dry
burn
itchy
scaly
crusty
bumpy
blister
Sometimes a [...]
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The leaf of the tea, or ti, tree has a long history of beneficial use by the indigenous people of Australia. Tea tree oil is obtained by steam distillation of its leaves.
The aroma of the distilled oil from an Australian tea tree is warm, spicy, medicinal and volatile. Thus, it is sometimes used [...]
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Ticks are little bloodsucking bugs, and they only diet on your health preserving blood. When a tick bites, just its mouth enters your skin. Generally this is a painless process. Once a tick is gets its fill on your blood, it drops off on its own.
If you discover one of these blood [...]
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Gangrene is tissue death caused by the lack of blood flow to a part of your body. The most common areas affected by gangrene are the extremities, especially toes and fingers. For some, a bacterial infection gets involved.
Gangrene occurs because the necessary oxygen and nutrients are no longer being supplied. Without [...]
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This is a long one people, but well worth the read. Knowing we all suffer through some sort of infected hair follicle symptom now and again. Folliculitis is a general term used for any infected hair follicle.
However, there are numerous causes for hair follicle infections and the cure depends on the cause for [...]
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Ringworm Natural Cure
Ringworm is a fungus causing a skin rash infection that is typically round or circular in appearance. This contagious fungus loves to thrive in wet, moist areas, and has the potential to infect your skin, scalp and fingernails. Those commonly known “jock itch” and “athlete’s foot” infections are caused by this fungus.
Ringworms [...]
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Cat scratch disease, or cat scratch fever, is caused by a bacteria. Although, your cat has around a 50-50 chance of carrying this infection at some point in their lives, it does not make them sick. And kittens are more likely to be carriers.
A scratch or bite by your cat, while its [...]
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Filed under: Infections ~ Bacteria, Skin ~ Infections
