pityriasis

Pityriasis rosea will usually go away in 6 to 8 weeks without treatment.

This can be a sign of something more serious than pityriasis rosea.

He took one look and gave me a diagnosis: pityriasis rosea.

He named the disease pityriasis rotunda and his diagnosis is still being used today.

When treating pityriasis, this medication may not cause an immediate return to normal skin color.

An association with pityriasis folliculorum has also been described.

Some countries use the term pityriasis capitis for cradle cap.

This is the same treatment plan for tinea or pityriasis versicolor.

The less severe end is known as pityriasis lichenoides chronica.

The condition pityriasis versicolor was first identified in 1846.

The rash does not cause itching in 25% of people who have pityriasis rosea.

Your doctor will diagnose pityriasis rosea by looking at the rash.

Pityriasis rosea most often affects children and young adults.

It is the more severe version of pityriasis lichenoides chronica.

It's also called pityriasis versicolor and is caused by a type of yeast that naturally lives on your skin.

Pityriasis amiantacea was first described by Alibert in 1832.

However in pityriasis amiantacea the scales are attached to both the hair shaft and the scalp.

Sulfacetamide has been investigated for use in the treatment of pityriasis versicolor and rosacea.

A patient is diagnosed as having pityriasis rosea if:

The cause of pityriasis rosea is unknown.

But because pityriasis rosea is not caused by a fungus, these medicines are not effective.

See a picture of pityriasis rosea .

Mucha-Habermannn is considered to be the acute end of a spectrum of skin disease known as pityriasis lichenoides.

A set of validated diagnostic criteria for pityriasis rosea is as follows:

The patches of pityriasis alba may last from 1 month to about one year, but commonly on the face last a year.