Dandruff

dandruff

class of disease

Subclass of	desquamation, pityriasis
Health specialty	dermatology
Anatomical location	scalp
WordLift URL	http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/dandruff
ICD-9-CM	690.18
NCI Thesaurus ID	C111657

Dandruff be a skin condition of de scalp. Symptoms dey include heavy flaking den sam times mild itchiness. E fi result in social anaa self-esteem problems. A more severe form of de condition, wich dey include inflammation of de skin, be known as seborrhoeic dermatitis.

De cause be unclear, buh dem believe to involve a number of genetic den environmental factors; de condition fi worsen insyd de winter. E no be secof poor hygiene, den de underlying mechanism dey involve de excessive growth of skin cells. Diagnosis be based on symptoms.

Der be no known cure for dandruff. Antifungal cream, such as ketoconazole, anaa de keratolytic agent salicylic acid fi be used to try to improve de condition. Dandruff dey affect about half of adults, plus males more often be affected dan females. In addition, people insyd all areas of de world be affected. Onset usually be at puberty, wey e cam be less common after de age of 50.