I-Trichomycosis idalwa amagciwane e-dermatophyte, ikakhulukazi izinhlobo ze-Microsporum ne-Trichophyton, ezihlasela izinwele nezimpande zezinwele. Ukutheleleka kuvame ukusabalala ngokuxhumana ngqo kwesikhumba, ukuxhumana nezilwane ezithelelekile, noma izinto ezabiwe njengezixubho, izigqoko, amathawula, noma izinsingo.
Izingane, abantu abasezindaweni eziseduze, namadoda agunda noma ahlunga amadevu njalo basengozini enkulu ye-trichomycosis. Ukuxhumana nezilwane ezifuywayo ezithelelekile noma ezipulazini, ukwabelana ngamathuluzi ezinwele, kanye nesistimu yokuzivikela ebuthakathaka nakho kwandisa amathuba okutheleleka nokuphindaphinda.
I-Trichomycosis iphathwa ikakhulukazi ngemithi ye-antifungal yesistimu efana ne-griseofulvin, i-terbinafine, noma i-itraconazole, imvamisa amasonto ambalwa. Amakhrimu endawo, amashampu anemithi, ukugunda noma ukucheba ngokucophelela, nezinyathelo zenhlanzeko kusiza ukususa amagciwane nokuvimbela ukusabalala, futhi ukwelashwa kusenesikhathi kwehlisa ingozi yokulahlekelwa izinwele unomphela.