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Tinea versicolor
Is a fungal infection of the skin. It's also called pityriasis versicolor and is caused by a type of yeast that naturally lives on your skin. When the yeast grows out of control, the skin disease, which appears as a rash, is the result.
Symptoms:
- Patches that may be white, pink, red, or brown and can be lighter or darker than the skin around them.
- Spots that do not tan the way the rest of your skin does.
- Spots that may occur anywhere on your body but are most commonly seen on your neck, chest, back, and arms.
Preliminary plan:
- Dermatologist appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Urinalysis
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Skin scraping for fungus identification
- Skin microscopic investigation for fungus identification
- Wood's (fluorescent) lamp examination