Fungal Infection

Various types of fungi live on plants, in water, air, soil and even in the human body. They usually reproduce through the tiny spores present in the air, and as we inhale the air, the spores enter into our body causing a fungal infection in the lungs.

Similarly, some fungi in the environment come into contact with our skin that leads to skin infections. This happens when a person takes high antibiotics1 frequently; or when the immune system gets so weak that fungi can easily attack a person.

Skin infections are largely caused by yeasts named as (Candida or Malassezia furfur), or dermatophytes called Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton.