Germs-Something You Need To Know About Fungal Infections

I remember that as a child my maternal grandmother use to place my older brother's smelly sneakers, the product of atheletic feet, on the porch after she washed them by hand. Its smell became a way of life when he pulled off his sneakers after playing outside.. In my little gir's mind the smell was the end of the world-the Judgement Day they preached about from the pulpit every sunday-but it was atheletic feet plain and simple-a fungus from hell. The funny thing he was no athelete, my younger brother was much more of an athelete but he didn't have those dingleberry feet like our older brother did. Everyone kept a stiff upper lip and breathed through their mouth when his dogs were around.

Fungus comes from what is called the Fungi Kingdom which recycle dead organic matter into useful nutrients. When the Fungi doesn't wait for the matter to die it becomes a parasite and begins nibbling on a live host. a living organism and becomes a member of the germ family-fungus. As a result of this the host begins to fester with diseases like Atheletic Feet, Vaginal Yeast Infections and Ringworm. In a healthy person these maladies are mild, for someone with a compromised Immune System it may be life threatening.

The two most common funguses are Atheletic Feet and Vaginal Yeast Infections called candida Albicans. The fungus which causes Atheletic Feet is called Ringworm and is allowed to infect and thrive when the feet are not kept clean and dry. The afflictions look like red patches on the skin and sometimes oozes liquid The Vaginal Yeast infection grows and thrive when the homeostasis of the Vagina is thrown for a loop because of something increasing the amount of yeast in the Vagina. i.e. It may have been from antibiotics which depleted the good bacteria and increased the good yeast in the vagina and thus destabilized the environment. These diseases are treatable with antifungal medications in persons with average Immune Systems and those who don't will have complications.

There are all types of germs out there some good and some bad. It should behoove us to be as clean as possible. In the case of someone who is very atheletic it may be beneficial to take baths several times a day to maintain health.We should take antibiotics and other medications as directed so that we do not retard our bodies natural defenses and end up getting yeast infections.