Dermatophytosis or Tinea infections occures through contacts with infected lesions, household cats and dogs, and soiled or contaminated
articles, such as shoes, towels, or shower stalls and more common in men that in women.
Tinea usualy affects different parts of the body therefore it has different names evethough the treatments are
almost the same with some small exceptions. The (tinea capitis) affects scalp, (tinea corporis) found on body,
(tinea unguium) is found on nails, (tinea manuums) on hands, feets are usualy affected by(tinea pedis),
groin (tinea cruris). The signs and symptoms of this skin disorder vary in appearance but usualy very easy diagnosed
by microscopic examination.
This skin infection respond very well to variety of medications and most types are treated with topical creams.
Some however, such tinea of hair and nail and some unresolving infections needs oral antifungal treatments which
sometimes are not as effective as we hope and with some adverse side effects. Lately, some of the oral anti-fyngal
therapies are not only started to fall out of favour but also require monitoring of liver enzyme levels and are not
be expected longer than two - three weeks duration. Some of those anti-fungal oral therapies include azole-based medications
and terbinafine taken oraly.
The natural anti-fungal medications are not as harsh as chemicals and in many cases as effective without any side effects.
Most of the natural anti-fungal creams can be used for diffent types of tinea by any skin type and usualy it takes
anywhere from 3 - 5 days to start noticing positive inprovements. Ovante anti- fungal cream uses Sulfur as anti-fungal
ingredient. The sulfur known for ages as great anti-fungal ingredient with wide anti-fungal spectrum. It can be used
to fight even such difficult form of Tinea as nail-fungus.
