Imbangela ye-pityriasis versicolor kukukhula ngokweqile kunye notshintsho lwe-Malassezia yeasts ezihlala rhoqo kulusu olunamaoyile. Ubushushu, ukufuma, ukubila, ulusu olunamaoyile, utshintsho lwehomoni, ukwehla kwamandla omzimba kunye namanye amayeza anokubangela olu tshintsho kwaye kukhokelele kwiindawo ezibonakalayo.
Unokufumana i-pityriasis versicolor ukuba uhlala kwindawo eshushu, efumileyo, ubila kakhulu, unesikhumba esinamafutha, okanye unxiba iimpahla eziqinileyo, ezingaphefumliyo. Utshintsho lwehomoni, amaphilisi okulawula ukuzalwa, ama-steroids wesistimu, ukwehla kwamandla omzimba kunye nokungondleki nako kwandisa umngcipheko kwaye kwenza ukuphindaphinda kube lula.
I-pityriasis versicolor ethambileyo ihlala iphathwa ngamashampu okulwa namagciwane, izisombululo okanye amakhrimu afana ne-ketoconazole, clotrimazole okanye terbinafine, asetyenziswa kanye okanye kabini ngosuku iiveki ezi-2-4. Iimeko ezibanzi okanye ezinzima kakhulu zinokufuna amaphilisi kadokotela afana ne-itraconazole okanye i-fluconazole, kwaye nangona isikhunta sisusiwe, utshintsho lombala lungathatha iiveki ukuya kwiinyanga ukuba luphele. Uhlalutyo lwethu lwe-AI lwesikhumba lunokukunceda ukuba ulandelele indlela izindawo eziphendula ngayo kunyango kwaye ukuba ziqala ukubuyela emuva.