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How Can People Get Deep Tissue Fungus?

Fungal infections can be difficult to get over, but most of them are treatable. The more common issue is correctly diagnosing the infection. Not only do you need to figure out that it is a fungus, you have to discover its type and source in order to properly get rid of it.

  1. Spread of Fungus

    • Deep tissue fungus usually begins by coming in contact with the fungi. One of the most common places to come across fungus is soil. All different varieties can grow in soil and the spores are often airborne, allowing for the victim to inhale the fungus. Lung infections do fall in the same category as deep tissue infections as they can easily spread from the lung to internal tissues.

    Open Contact

    • Open contact with spores can cause deep tissue infections. If you are handling the soil with any kind of cut on your hand, while the infection might start superficially, it can spread down below the surface of the skin. Both the lung infections and this infection can become an infection of the blood, spreading throughout the tissues of your body.

    Susceptibility

    • Susceptibility to such infections increases when you have a weakened immune system. Whether that is from being sick with a common illness or a more long lasting illness, such as AIDS/HIV, your body is not as equipped to keep the fungus at bay. Also, due to the presentation of some fungal infections, you might be misdiagnosed, taking longer to get over the disease.

    Dormancy

    • The somewhat dormant nature of fungal infections can also be what leads to deep-tissue situations. As they can take months or years to become active, you might have a fungus for much longer than you know. It can slowly grow and not cause any symptoms until it reaches a particular stage in its growth. At that point, the affected area can be throughout the tissues. These types can be started from an untreated surface infection, such as ringworm.

    Common Types

    • Some common deep tissue infections include Aspergilosis, Biastomycosis, Coccidiomycosis and Histoplasmosis. The ability of spores to get into the human system through the mucous membranes is what makes us most vulnerable. We cannot keep those membranes from being permeable, whereas you can typical protect open cuts or wounds. This is why these particular strains are more prominent than others.

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