Imbangela ye-seborrheic dermatitis ayiqondakali kahle, kodwa kubonakala sengathi ihilela ukusabela ngokweqile kwesikhumba kumvubelo ojwayelekile esikhumbeni, kanye nezici zofuzo, amahomoni, nokukhiqizwa kwamafutha esikhumba. Ukucindezeleka, isimo sezulu esibandayo nesomile, imikhiqizo yesikhumba enamandla, nezinye izifo kungavusa noma kubhebhethekise ukuqubuka.
Kungenzeka ube ne-seborrheic dermatitis uma ungumntwana ongaphansi kwezinyanga ezi-3 noma umuntu omdala oneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-60, unesikhumba esinamafutha, noma unezimo ezifana ne-HIV, isifo sikaParkinson, ukudangala, noma ukuncika kotshwala. Isimo sezulu esibandayo nesomile, ukucindezeleka, nemikhiqizo yesikhumba noma yezinwele enamandla nakho kwandisa ingozi yokuqhume.
Ukwelashwa kugxile ekunciphiseni ukuvuvukala, umvubelo, nokushelela ngamashampu anemithi, amakhrimu okubulala umvubelo noma okubulala ukuvuvukala, nokuhlanza okuthambile. Abantu abaningi badinga ukunakekelwa okuqhubekayo, besebenzisa imikhiqizo enemithi izikhathi ezimbalwa ngesonto kanye nama-moisturizers athambile ukuze bagcine isikhumba sithule futhi bavimbele ukuqubuka.