Fungal Infections

Fungal infections: Fungi and yeasts are multi-celled plants that are parasites. An everyday example of a fungus is mushrooms. However, the fungi that cause human disease are usually very small fungi. There are a few common human fungal conditions that are rarely harmful except for those with severely weakened immune systems.


Fungal infections: A fungus is actually a primitive vegetable. Fungi can be found in air, in soil, on plants, and in water. Thousands, perhaps millions, of different types of fungi exist on Earth. The most familiar ones to us are mushrooms, yeast, mold, and mildew. Some live in the human body, usually without causing illness. In fact, only about half of all types of fungi cause disease in humans. Those conditions are called mycoses. 1

Conditions list: The list of conditions in the Fungal infections group includes:

Candida
Vaginal Candidiasis
Oral thrush
Athlete's foot
Tinea
Yeast infections
Ringworm - not a worm but a fungus.
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Aspergillosis
Cryptococcal Meningitis
Fungal nail infections
Histoplasmosis
Invasive candidiasis
Mycetoma
Cryptococcosis
Sporotrichosis
Pityriasis Versicolor