Imbangela ye-pityriasis versicolor ukukhula ngokweqile nokuguqulwa kwamagciwane e-Malassezia ajwayele ukuhlala esikhunjeni esinamafutha. Ukushisa, umswakama, ukujuluka, isikhumba esinamafutha, izinguquko ze-hormonal, ukwehla kwamandla omzimba neminye imithi kungavusa lokhu kushintsha futhi kuholele ezindaweni ezibonakalayo.
Kungenzeka ukuthi uthole i-pityriasis versicolor uma uhlala endaweni eshisayo, enomswakama, ujuluka kakhulu, unesikhumba esinamafutha, noma ugqoka izingubo eziqinile, ezingaphefumuli. Izinguquko ze-hormonal, amaphilisi okulawula ukuzalwa, ama-steroids wesistimu, ukwehla kwamandla omzimba nokungondleki nakho kwandisa ingozi futhi kwenza ukuphindaphinda kube lula.
I-pityriasis versicolor emnene ivamise ukwelashwa ngamashampu okulwa namagciwane, izixazululo noma amakhrimu afana ne-ketoconazole, clotrimazole noma terbinafine, asetshenziswa kanye noma kabili ngosuku izinsuku ezingu-2-4 amasonto. Izimo ezibanzi noma ezinzima kakhulu zingase zidinge amaphilisi kadokotela afana ne-itraconazole noma i-fluconazole, futhi ngisho noma isikhunta sesisuliwe, izinguquko zombala zingathatha amasonto kuya ezinyangeni ukuthi ziphele. Ukuhlaziywa kwesikhumba kwe-AI yethu kungakusiza ukuthi ulandele ukuthi izindawo ziphendula kanjani ekwelashweni nokuthi ziqala yini ukubuyela emuva.