Favus

Favus (Latin - honeycomb)

Favus is a chronic inflammatory skin infection. Tends to affect the scalp, but may cause nail pitting or deterioration and affects glaborous skin. Favus is caused by one of the following dermatophytes : Microsporum Gypseum, Trichophyton Violaceum, Trichophyton Schoenleinii, Trichophyton Mentagrophytes.

Favus presents as cup-shaped crusts, yellow in colour grouped in patches like a honeycomb, each about the size of a split pea, with a hair projecting in the centre which may continue to grow in the diseased state.

Favus may be spread by contagion usually from cats, dogs and mice. It is the only known rabbit ailment to be transmissible to humans.

If you need advice on favus infections or any other hair or scalp condition please contact our helpline and speak to one of our on call trichologists who will assist you.

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