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Symptoms:
-Thickened,scaly swellings
-severe itching of the scalp
-dandruff and bald patches

Three types of tinea capitis:
i)Microsporosis
-small red papule around a hair shaft which will become scaly.
-caused by Microsporum audouinii
-sources are from sick cats and kittens,person to person contact and sharing contaminated brushes or combs.

ii)Trichophytosis
-caused by Trichophyton tonsurans
-dry,non-inflammatory patches,have black dots/

iii)Favus
-caused by T.schoenleinii.
-yellowish,circular,cup-shaped crust

-It is difficult to be distinguished from other skin scaling diseases such as psoriasis.

-The basis for the diagnose of by microscopic examination and microbial culture of epilated hair.

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-  An infection of scalp hair follicles and the surrounding skin.

- Caused by dermatophyte fungi (Microsporum & Trichophyton).

- Common in pre-pubertal children, less common in infants and adults.

- The clinical presentation is usually one or several patches of hair loss, sometimes with ‘black dot’ pattern.

- Can also cause inflammation, scalling, pustules and itching.

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-use antifungal agents to treat tinea capitis
-there are 3 types of drugs used:

Griseofulvin

Terbinafine

Itraconazole

1-Griseofulvin

is a fungistatic drug that inhibit nucleic acid synthesis,arrest cell division at metaphase and impairs synthesis of the cell wall

2-Terbinafine

is an allylamine that acts on the cell membrane and is fungicidal

3-Itraconazole

it exhibits both fungicidal and fungistatic activity depending on tissue concentration of the drug

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Probiotic Bacteria helps in  hair scalp microbiology

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Probiotic Bacteria helps in  hair scalp microbiology

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Hypothesis
-Feeding probiotic organisms gives beneficial characteristic on mice

Methods
-Use mice aged 20-24 weeks, bred in-house
-Group 1: control (feed with standard rodent food)
-Group 2: Probiotic yogurt
-Group 3: Lactobacillus reuteri (in drinking water)
-examined at 40–48 weeks

Results
-mice receiving control food had dull fur and suffered from occasional alopecia (hair loss) and dermatitis (skin irritation)
-mice exhibit shinier fur after feed probiotic yogurt
-differences in fur luster were observed after feeding L. reuteri bacteria in drinking water had more rapid fur re-growth after shaving when compared with mice drinking regular water

Human probiotic:
Lactobacillus paracasei ST-11 which improves dandruff condition

Link:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0053867

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3171853/