Seborrheic Dermatitis: Symptoms and Causes

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Seborrheic dermatitis

Last Reviewed : 12/25/2020

Seborrheic dermatitis, also known as seborrheic eczema or simply as seborrhea, is a chronic, relapsing and usually milddermatitis. In infants seborrheic dermatitis is called cradle cap. Dandruff is a type of seborrhoeic dermatitis where inflammation is not present. Seborrheic dermatitis is a skin disorder affecting the scalp, face, and torso. Typically, seborrheic dermatitis presents with scaly, flaky, itchy, and red skin. It particularly affects the sebaceous-gland-rich areas of skin. In adolescents and adults, seborrhoeic dermatitis usually presents as scalp scaling or as redness of the nasolabial fold.

The topical antifungal medications ketoconazole and ciclopirox are both effective for the condition. It is unclear if other antifungals are equally effective as this has not been studied.

We researched this topic for you and found the following best online resources. They are categorized into basic, advanced, and research level based on the extent of information you need. You will be taken to the respective websites by pressing on the links below.

Basic information:

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/seborrheic-dermatitis-medref#1 web md what is seborrheic dermatitis?

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/seborrheic-dermatitis/basics/definition/con-20031872 mayoclinic seborrheic dermatitis

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000963.htm medline plus seborrheic dermatitis

http://www.healthline.com/health/skin/seborrheic-dermatitis health line seborrheic eczema and crib cap

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases_conditions/hic_seborrheic_dermatitis cleveland clinic seborrheic dermatitis

http://www.aocd.org/?page=seborrheicdermatiti american osteopathic college of dermatology seborrheic dermatitis

https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/dermatologic-disorders/dermatitis/seborrheic-dermatitis merck manuals (professional version) seborrheic dermatitis

http://www.healthdirect.gov.au/seborrhoeic-dermatitis health direct seborrheic dermatitis

http://www.bupa.co.uk/health-information/directory/s/seborrhoeic-dermatitis bupa seborrhoeic dermatitis

http://www.everydayhealth.com/eczema/guide/scalp-eczema/ every day health what is scalp eczema?

http://umm.edu/health/medical/ency/articles/seborrheic-dermatitis university of maryland medical center seborrheic dermatitis

http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/seborrheic-dermatitis/treatment.html family doctor seborrheic dermatitis

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/dandruff.html kids health seborrheic dermatitis

http://www.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/seborrheic-dermatitis/overview.html newyork times seborrheic dermatitis

https://www.verywell.com/seborrhea-shampoos-1069507 very well medicated shampoos to treat seborrheic dermatitis

Advanced information:

http://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/seborrhoeic-dermatitis/ dermnet nz seborrhoeic dermatitis

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1108312-overview medscape seborrheic dermatitis

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0501/p2703.html treatment of seborrheic dermatitis by betty anne johnson, m.d., ph.d., and julia r. nunley, m.d., medical college of virginia campus of virginia commonwealth university, richmond, virginia am fam physician. 2000 may 1;61(9):2703-2710.

http://www.medicinenet.com/seborrheic_dermatitis/article.htm medicine net seborrheic dermatitis

http://patient.info/in/health/seborrhoeic-dermatitis-leaflet patient seborrheic dermatitis

http://patient.info/doctor/seborrhoeic-dermatitis-pro patient seborrhoeic dermatitis

http://www.uptodate.com/contents/seborrheic-dermatitis-including-dandruff-and-cradle-cap-beyond-the-basics upto date patient information: seborrheic dermatitis (including dandruff and cradle cap) (beyond the basics)

http://www.fpnotebook.com/derm/dermatitis/sbrhcdrmts.htm family practise note book seborrheic dermatitis

Research:

das j, majumdar m, chakraborty u, majumdar v, mazumdar g, nath j. oral itraconazole for the treatment of severe seborrhoeic dermatitis. indian j dermatol [serial online] 2011 [cited 2016 aug 19];56:515-6. available from: http://www.e-ijd.org/text.asp?2011/56/5/515/87137

kibar m, aktan &, bilgin m. dermoscopic findings in scalp psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis; two new signs; signet ring vessel and hidden hair. indian j dermatol [serial online] 2015 [cited 2016 aug 19];60:41-5. available from: http://www.e-ijd.org/text.asp?2015/60/1/41/147786

valia r g. etiopathogenesis of seborrheic dermatitis. indian j dermatol venereol leprol [serial online] 2006 [cited 2016 aug 19];72:253-5. available from: http://www.ijdvl.com/text.asp?2006/72/4/253/26711

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=s0365-05962012000300034 an. bras. dermatol. vol.87 no.3 rio de janeiro may/june 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0365-05962012000300034 correspondence:seborrheic dermatitis: is there room for systemic corticosteroids?by kleyton de carvalho mesquita et al.,

http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=pmc3290624&blobtype=pdf park hk, ha m-h, park s-g, kim mn, kim bj, et al. (2012) characterization of the fungal microbiota (mycobiome) in healthy and dandruff-afflicted human scalps. plos one 7(2): e32847. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032847

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/drp/2014/705402/ narges alizadeh, hamed monadi nori, javad golchi, shahriar s. eshkevari, ehsan kazemnejad, and abbas darjani, “comparison the efficacy of fluconazole and terbinafine in patients with moderate to severe seborrheic dermatitis,” dermatology research and practice, vol. 2014, article id 705402, 5 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/705402

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=s0365-05962011000600002&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en an. bras. dermatol. vol.86 no.6 rio de janeiro nov./dec. 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0365-05962011000600002 continued medical education.,seborrheic dermatitis by ana luisa sobral bittencourt sampaioⁱ

https://bmcdermatol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-5945-14-5 a laboratory-based study on patients with parkinson’s disease and seborrheic dermatitis: the presence and density ofmalassezia yeasts, their different species and enzymes production by valentina s arsic arsenijevic et al., bmc dermatology201414:5 doi: 10.1186/1471-5945-14-5

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