Fungal Infection
Fungal infections, or mycosis, are diseases caused by a fungus (yeast or mold). Fungal infections are most common on your skin or nails, but fungi (plural of fungus) can also cause infections in your mouth, throat, lungs, urinary tract and many other parts of your body.
What are the types of fungal infections?
Fungal infections can be on the surface of your skin, nails or mucous membranes (superficial or mucocutaneous).
Superficial Fungal Infections
Superficial fungal infections affect your nails, skin and mucous membranes (like your mouth, throat or vagina). Examples of superficial fungal infections include:
Ringworm (dermatophytosis): A group of fungi that live off of skin, hair and nail cells (dermatophytes) cause ringworm. They can infect your feet (tinea pedis/athlete’s foot), your groin and inner thighs (tinea cruris/jock itch), your scalp (tinea capitis), your hands (tinea manuum), your facial hair and skin around it (tinea barbae) and other parts of your body (tinea corporis).
Onychomycosis: Many types of fungi cause infections of your fingernails or toenails (onychomycosis). This can cause discolored and cracked nails.
Candidiasis: Candida (usually Candida albicans) causes skin and mucous membrane (mucocutaneous) infections called candidiasis. These include oral thrush, some types of diaper rash, vaginal yeast infections (vulvovaginitis), esophageal candidiasis and candidal intertrigo.
Tinea versicolor/pityriasis versicolor: The fungus Malassezia causes skin discoloration called tinea versicolor or pityriasis versicolor.
Symptoms And Causes
Symptoms of fungal infections depend on what kind of fungal infection you have and where on your body it is. Symptoms are most common on your skin, nails or mucous membranes (like your mouth, throat or vagina).
Symptoms Of Superficial Or Subcutaneous Infections
Itching, soreness, redness or rash in the affected area. Discolored, thick or cracked nails. Pain while eating, loss of taste or white patches in mouth or throat. A painless lump under your skin.
Treatment
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