Thank you for your response Dr. Bhupinder Kaur
My doctor took some skin scrapings and sent it of to the lab along with a blood test.
If it were alopecia aereta, how many patches do you normally get if so do they progress? Is there any treatment to grow the hair back quickly?
Thanks
Hello,
These patches of hair loss can be due to fungal infection (tinea capitis) as your doctor has suggested or due to alopecia aereta. The symptoms of Ringworm or Tinea Capitis include a dry itchy scalp, scaling, crusting, inflamed nodules, hair loss and tender enlarged lymph nodes on the neck. Because of the scratching that is involved with the condition it can become secondarily infected with a bacterial infection.
Get a KOH examination and a biopsy of the skin scrapings done to rule out any fungal infection.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
Please can any doctors help at all?