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Ringworm癣

Ringworm is not a worm.癣是不是一个蠕虫病毒。 It is a general term for a common fungus infection of the skin.它是一种通用术语，为一个共同的真菌感染的皮肤。 It is called ringworm because the infection often appears as a round shape or ring.这是所谓的癣，因为感染，往往出现一个圆形或环形。

The general medical name for these infections is ‘tinea’, though the full name depends on the location of the infection on the body.一般医学名称为这些感染是â € 〜 tineaâ € ™ ，虽然全称，就看位置，感染对身体的。

For example, ringworm on:举例来说，癣于：

  • The head, usually the scalp, is tinea capitis头部，通常在头皮上，是头癣
  • The body, tinea corporis身体，体癣corporis
  • The groin, tinea cruris腹股沟，体癣cruris
  • The feet, tinea pedis (athlete’s foot)脚，足癣（ athleteâ € ™ s英尺）
  • The nails, tinea unguium指甲，体癣unguium
  • The beard area, tinea barbae.胡子区，体癣barbae 。

Ringworm is particularly common among children, but people of any age can catch it.癣是特别常见的儿童，但人们，任何年龄的可以赶上它。 Please note that athlete’s foot and fungal nail infections are treated in more detail in separate topics on this site.请注意， athleteâ € ™ s脚和指甲真菌感染的治疗中有更详细的单独的专题在本网站上。