Can foot fungus, once it's in the blood stream, cause falling hair? My hair has been falling out and thinning for 10 years.
Hair loss has many causes and fungal infections such as the dermatophytes which cause athlete's foot can cause hair loss in the scalp. Patients with fungal infections in their scalp have many different clinical presentations ranging from fine scaling of the scalp to a boggy, indurated red plaque called a kerion. In patients who develop a kerion, the hair loss can become permanent due to scarring from the inflammatory process. It is very important to be evaluated and treated by a board certified dermatologist for any type of hair loss.
