Fungal infection

Skin, hair, nails are likely to be infected by fungi. One of the most common is ringworm and athlete\'s foot. Ringworm in children scalp, body or facial skin. Athletes foot occurs mainly in young skin between the toes.
　
Ringworm is transmit directly from other people, animals or soil, or through the clothing of indirect transmission. It mainly affects the face and body skin symptoms are:
　
1, oval or round papules, edge red.
　
2, itching.
　
Effect of scalp ringworm symptoms are:
　
1, like skin flakes as dandruff.
　
2 broken, hair loss, hair root.
　
3, sometimes inflammatory, abscesses (pus-tinea pedis).
　
4, a unit the itch.
　
If you suspect that the children have ringworm should take children to a skin specialist out-patient check. On the body or skin infections, doctors may recommend the application of antifungal lotion or ointment. If the infection is very large, or infection of the scalp, apply antifungal drug. Pus-Tinea, doctors also would open oral antibiotics.
　
As a precaution, parents should caution their children not to human or animal contact and may be infected with the disease, and not sharing items such as combs and classmates.
　
Summer is the season of athletes foot well, especially young people wearing training shoes. Patients are generally in the dressing room, bath room, swimming pool, gym room and other public places was infected.
　
Athlete\'s foot symptoms are:
　
1, split between the toes, pain of the skin.
　
2, often accompanied by itching.
　
3, occasional toenails thickening, discoloration, easily fall off.
　
Many kinds of powder, paste, paint can treat this disease. Doctors may give children antifungal drug.
　
If the child dry after washing their feet every day, replacing the sock every day, generally less likely to suffer from athlete\'s foot. In the case of possible, let the children wearing open toe sandals or bare feet, on the treatment of this disease will be very helpful.