What are the symptoms of fungal skin disease?

Dr. Robin Brown
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2025-04-30 16:04:15
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Fungal skin disease is mainly caused by fungi infected superficial skin, hair, nails caused by the corresponding clinical symptoms. Clinically more common are tinea pedis, tinea corporis, tinea capitis, onychomycosis and so on. If infected skin, can be manifested as skin erythema, papules, desquamation accompanied by itching. Fungal culture and microscopy can find pathogenic hyphae or spores. Infected hair parts can be seen hair breakage. If the nail is infected, the clinical signs include blackening, yellowing, nail thickening, fine debris accumulation under the nail, nail damage, etc. Fungal infection can be confirmed by clinical microscopic examination or culture.