Fungal Infection || Dr. Abida Sultana

What is a fungal infection?

Fungal infection, also called mycosis, is a skin disease caused by fungi. There are millions of species of fungi. They can live in dirt, plants, household items, and even on your skin. This can sometimes lead to skin problems like rashes.

Symptoms of Fungal Infection:

Fungal infection can cause skin irritation, redness, itching, ringworm, swelling, blisters.

Types of Fungal Infections:

Fungal infections can occur anywhere in our body. Athlete's foot, ringworm, and yeast infection are the most common types of fungal infections in humans.

Athletes Foot:

Athlete's foot, also called Tinea Pedis. This fungal infection infects our feet. It grows more in summer, hot environment. It lives in the dead tissue on the outer layer of the skin of our toenails and feet. This fungal infection is more likely to be transmitted in warm and moist environments such as shoes, socks, swimming pools, and public toilets. This disease spreads more among those who do not clean their shoes and socks regularly, use public toilets, public swimming pools.

Symptoms of athlete's foot vary from person to person. This can cause symptoms like cracked feet, peeling skin, broken nails, blisters, redness and itching.

Treatment

In the treatment of this disease, antifungal drugs should be used to apply on the skin as advised by the doctor. Feet should always be kept clean and dry. Sandals should be worn in public toilets, public baths. Wash your feet regularly with soap and water and dry them thoroughly using a good quality foot powder.

Ringworm

Ringworm, also called Tinea Corporis. Another name for the ring-shaped rash is ringworm.

Ringworm is an infectious disease. Ringworm can also spread through direct contact with infected people or animals, from their clothing or furniture. Heat and humidity can help spread this infection.

Shingles is a red, round, flat sore. The middle skin may appear normal but the outer patch or red ring may overlap.

Treatment

In the treatment of this disease, antifungal drugs should be used for application on the skin or for consumption as advised by the doctor.

Yeast Infection

A yeast infection of the skin is called Cutaneous Candidiasis. This infection occurs when a type of fungus called Candida overgrows. Yeast infection is not contagious. Infections are more common in warm, moist areas of the body, including the armpits and groin. This disease is more common in obese and diabetic patients. Also, people who take antibiotics are at higher risk. It can cause nail, vaginal or mouth infections.

Symptoms of a yeast infection include: rashes, patches, pimple-like bumps, itching and burning.

Treatment:

Yeast infection treatment depends on the infection. Medicated creams can treat most skin yeast infections. Or sometime systemic antifungal also used.