Symptoms and causes of folliculitis

Update Date: 2023-11-09 Source: Network

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Folliculitis occurs after the disease, the patient's entire hair follicle will be infected by bacteria, this disease is because the patient's hair follicle caused by bacterial infection after a purulent inflammation. In the early stage of folliculitis, there will be some red papules in the affected area. These papules will gradually evolve into a kind of abscess, which usually exists in isolation, and patients will have mild pain. Folliculitis occurs in adults, usually in hairy areas. If a child has folliculitis, it mostly happens in the head. The rashes caused by folliculitis can fuse with each other and then leave a patch of bald hair.

Symptoms and causes of folliculitis

Can cause folliculitis bacteria is mainly Staphylococcus, some Staphylococcus epidermidis in the affected area of folliculitis can be detected. The factors that can lead to folliculitis may be not paying attention to cleanliness, or the patient often scratching the body. There is also the body's own resistance decline may also lead to the occurrence of folliculitis.

When folliculitis occurs, in the initial stage of the patient's hair follicle mouth will appear some red papules, these red papules can slowly transform into pustules, after all the papules may be a large area of it into pustules, these pustules will run through all the hair of the human body, and there will be some red inflammation around the chinchilla.

With the further development of the disease, these abscesses will become more and more dry, and finally may scab, scab will begin to fall off after a week. There may be a tendency to self abuse. However, some patients with folliculitis will have recurrent attacks and even can not be cured for many years, and may further develop into serious infection.

matters needing attention

Most of the rashes caused by folliculitis are large in number, and generally exist in isolation. Patients will feel mild pain, mainly in the skin parts with more hair. Some folliculitis may lead to some symptoms of alopecia areata.