Different Fungal Infections, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

By Kenneth Kee

This book describes Different Fungal Infections, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

Many people have asked me what Fungal infections are.
Fungal Infections may be present on the vulva, vagina, penis, groins, nails and the skin.
In some cases they may infect the external canal of the ear and the eyes.
Fungal infections happen in humid countries and where is a lot of body sweat.
Rarely fungal infection can affect the lungs and brain often causing deaths.

Fungal infections are produced by a plant type of micro-organism which attacks the dead layers of the skin such as the dead scaly cells of the skin, finger nails, toe nails, webs of feet and fingers and the follicles of hair in the head or armpit.

Some fungi can attack the inside of the mouth and vagina (oral and vaginal thrush), gut, external canal of ears, eyes, brain (Cryptococcus gattii) and lungs (actinomycosis).

Fungal infections can involve anyone, and they can happen on several parts of the body such as athlete’s foot, oral thrush, and vaginal yeast infection.

A fungus is a plant type of micro-organism.

They can vary from tiny, barely visible specks that float around in the air, all the way up to large growths like mushrooms.

Fungi (the plural of fungus) are present everywhere and do not normally cause any disorders.

Occasionally they can settle down and grow in places such as places on the bodies like the skin, nails, between the toes and, in women, the vaginal area.

This can happen even in people who are healthy and is normally easy to treat with creams or pills.

Sometimes if someone's immune system is weak when they are battling cancer or on chemotherapy, fungi can grow in the lungs.

This then requires specialist treatment with strong antifungal medicines either by medicines or by infusions into a vein.

A fungal infection is also termed mycosis.

While most fungi are harmless to humans, some of them are able of producing diseases under specific situations.

Fungi replicate by releasing spores that can be taken up by direct contact or even inhaled.

This is why fungal infections tend most likely to involve the skin, nails, or lungs.

Fungi can also infiltrate the skin, affect the organs, and produce a body-wide systemic infection.

Fungi are micro-organisms featured by a substance in their cell walls termed chitin.

Other types of fungi, like aspergillus, can be very dangerous and cause life-threatening diseases.

Different types of fungi can produce fungal infections.

In some cases, fungi that are not normally present on or inside the body can colonize it and produce an infection.

In other cases, fungi that are normally evident on or inside the body can reproduce out of control and produce an infection.

Fungal infections may be contagious and spread from one person to another.

Most frequent fungal diseases
1. Fungal nail infections
2. Vaginal candidiasis
3. Ringworm
4. Candida infections of the mouth, throat, and esophagus (thrush)
Fungal diseases that involve people who live in or travel to certain areas
1. Blastomycosis
2. Cryptococcus gattii infection
3. Paracoccidioidomycosis
4. Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
5. Histoplasmosis
Fungal diseases that involve people with weakened immune systems
1. Aspergillosis
2. Candida auris infection
3. Invasive candidiasis
4. Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
5. Cryptococcus neoformans infection
6. Mucormycosis
7. Talaromycosis
Other diseases and health problems caused by fungi
1. Fungal eye infections
2. Sporotrichosis
3. Mycetoma

Most fungal infections can be treated with antifungal oral medicines and creams.
Some may need injections.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Different Fungal Infections
Chapter 2 Candida Skin Infection
Chapter 3 Ringworm

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Jul 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005740832

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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