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What are fungi and what diseases do they cause in humans?

What are mushrooms?

Fungi are organisms, sometimes unicellular and sometimes multicellular. The cells unite one after another forming daughters (filaments).

How does it affect the human being?

Mushrooms They can affect humans in three ways:

By poisoning (toxic mushrooms).
Parasitic infections (Candida and Trichophyton).
Allergic reactions (allergy to mold).

Fungal diseases

Normally in the human organism there are fungi that coexist in harmony, but What happens when the defenses are down or there are wounds on the skin?

What happens is that fungi cause diseases; superficial and easy to treat in most cases, but in other cases, there are fungi that cause deep lesions and even reach the bloodstream and affect organs such as the lungs (sporotrichosis, histoplasmosis or aspergillosis among others.

Despite the existence of many diseases caused by fungi, the most relevant are:

Pityriasis versicolor
Tub
Candidiasis
Sporotrichosis
Aspergillosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis
histoplasmosis

Diagnosis

Fungal infection confirmed by culturing sputum, stool, bone marrow, urine, blood, nails, cerebrospinal fluid, or other tissue or fluid on a laboratory plate that the specialist considers an object of investigation (mycological culture)