Yu gɛt fungal infɛkshɔn bak? (Fungal Infections / Mycosis) Lɛ wi fɛn ɔltin bɔt dis!

Yu dɔn ɛva notis wan smɔl rɛd ples na yu skin, sɔntin lɛk rash, we kin it, ɔ nel we kin chenj in kɔlɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɛn tik? Sɔntɛm yu gɛt wayt kɔtin na yu mɔt. Dis na di kɔmɔn sayn dɛm fɔ fungal infɛkshɔn, ɔ as dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl am, ``Mycosis``, we wi go tɔk bɔt tide. Nɔ wɔri, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis ditayli.

Wetin na Fɔngi?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, fɛns na grup we nɔto plant ɛn animal. Tink bɔt tin dɛn lɛk mold ɛn yist. Dɛn kin liv na di say we wi de ɛn insay wi bɔdi, fɔ ɛgzampul, na wi mɔt, na wi bɛlɛ, ɛn na wi skin. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, prɔblɛm kin kam we dɛn kin big pasmak. dis fכn dεm de spre bay we dεn de rilis dεn sכm sכm pat dεm we lεk sid, we wi kכl ``spor,'' insay di envayroment. Pan ɔl we bɔku bɔku kayn fɛns dɛn de na di wɔl, na smɔl smɔl tin dɛn nɔmɔ kin mek mɔtalman gɛt sik.

Aw fεn infεkshכn kin lεk na do?

If yu gɛt fɛns infɛkshɔn na yu skin, i kin rɛd, swel, ɛn tan lɛk smɔl smɔl blista dɛn . Sɔntɛnde, i kin ivin tan lɛk se i gɛt rash. Tink bɔt am, sɔntɛnde yu kin gɛt rɛd, it skin bitwin yu fut finga dɛn ɔ na yu groin eria, nɔto so? I go mɔs bi se na fungal infɛkshɔn. If yu gɛt infekshɔn na yu nel, yu nel dɛn kin tɔn yɔlɔ, brawn, ɔ wayt, tik, ɛn brok izi wan . If yu gɛt infekshɔn na yu mɔt ɔ yu trot, yu kin si wayt pat ɔ spat insay yu mɔt .

Udat kin gɛt fɔŋs infɛkshɔn pas ɔlman?

Infakt, ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt fɛns infɛkshɔn, mɔ na in skin ɛn in nel. dεn kin kכmכn bכku na say dεm we bכku mכsichכ de εn usay di skin de tכch wan an (fכ egzampl, di armpit, groin, כnda di brεst). Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt ay risk, mɔ fɔ gɛt mɔ bad bad infɛkshɔn:

• if yu gεt prכblεm na di sεkyulatori sistεm (e.g. pwεl bכdi sεkyulashכn to di lεg dεm).
• If yu de sɔfa wit Dayabitis Mɛlitɔs .
• If yu imyun sistɛm wik , i kin bi bikɔs ɔf:
• `(HIV/AIDS)` stetmɛnt.
• Kansa ɔ kansa tritmɛnt (e.g. kemotɛrapi, rediotɛrapi).
• If yu de tek mɛrɛsin we de stɔp di imyun sistɛm (e.g., imyun suprɛsant mɛrɛsin fɔ ɔtoimyun kɔndishɔn, ɔ afta yu dɔn transplant ɔgan ɔ stem sɛl transplant).

Yu tink se fɔngal infɛkshɔn kin siriɔs?

Bɔku tɛm, di kɔmɔn fɛns infɛkshɔn dɛn na di skin ɔ di nel nɔ kin siriɔs . Bɔt lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk, if yu imyun sistɛm wik, sɔm fɛns infɛkshɔn kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn . So, i nɔ fayn fɔ lɛ wi nɔ pe atɛnshɔn to ivin smɔl wan.

Us kayn fεn infεkshכn de?

Wi kin sheb di fכn infεkshכn to tri men tכp dεm, dat na, i dipכnt pan usay di infεkshכn de:

1. Infεkshכn dεm we de apin na di sεf fכ di skin, di nel dεm, כ di mכkus mεmbran dεm (e.g., mכt, trot, vagina) (`Superficial fungal infections` כ `mucocutaneous infections`) .

2. Infεkshכn dεm we de כnda di skin (`Subkutan fכn infεkshכn`) .

3. Infεkshכn dεm na di insay כgan dεm na di bכdi (e.g. lכng, bren, at) (`Dip fכn infεkshכn`) .

Naw lɛ wi luk ɛni wan pan dɛn kayn dɛn ya smɔl mɔ.

1. Supafishal fεnshכn infεkshכn dεm

Dis na di fכn infεkshכn dεm we wi kin si.

• Ringwɔm (dermatophytosis): Dis nɔto rili wom, bɔt na fɛns. Dis fכns de liv pan di sεl dεm na di skin, di ia, εn di nel dεm. I kin apia na yu fut (`(tinea pedis)` ɔ `(atlet in fut)`), yu groin ɛn insay shɔl (`(tinea cruris)` ɔ `(jock itch)`), yu skel (`(tinea capitis)`), yu an (`(tinea manuum)`), yu biad ɛn di skin we de rawnd am (`(tineae)`), ɛn ɛni ɔda say na yu bɔdi (`(tinea kɔpɔris)`). Tink bɔt am, nɔto dis kɔndishɔn we dɛn kɔl `atlet in fut` kin kɔmɔn pan pipul dɛn we kin ple spɔt sɔm tɛm? כlso, sכm pipul dεn kin gεt wan it, rεd rash na di groin εria, we kin bi `(jock itch)`.
• Nail Fungal Infections (Onychomycosis): Dɛn infekshɔn ya kin apin na yu finga nel ɔ yu fut nel, we difrɛn kayn fɛns kin kam wit. Di nel dɛn kin chenj in kɔlɔ, dɛn kin tik, ɛn dɛn kin brok .
• Candida infεkshכn (Candidiasis): Na wan kayn yist we dεn kכl ``Candida'', spεshal wan di kayn ``Candida albicans'', kin de na wi bכdi we nכ gεt nכ prכblεm, bכt sכmtεm i kin gro pasmak εn mek infεkshכn. Ɛgzampul dɛn:
• Wait pat dεm na di mכt (oral thrush). Yu go mɔs no se dis kin apin to smɔl pikin dɛn.
• Sɔm kayn `(diaper rash)`.
• Vagina yist infεkshכn (vagina yist infεkshכn כ vulvovaginitis).
• Kandida infεkshכn dεm na di εsophagus (`(esophageal candidiasis)`).
• Kandida infεkshכn (`(candidal intertrigo)`) we de apin na di skin fold dεm εn di εria dεm we de swet.
• Tinea versicolor / pityriasis versicolor: Na wan sik we wan fכns we dεn kכl `(Malassezia)` kin kכz we kin mek di skin in kכla chenj εn spat. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt dɛn spat ya we wayt, ɔda wan dɛn kin gɛt brawn.

2. Infεkshכn dεm we de na fכn we de na di bכdi

dis kin apin we fכn dεm de kam insay di bכdi tru wan skin wund כ kכt. Fɔ ɛgzampul, i kin bi sɔntin lɛk chukchuk we yu de mek gadin. Dɛn tin ya kin mek yu skin rɔsh, ɔlsa, ɛn ɔda sayn dɛn. Dɛn infɛkshɔn ya kin apin mɔ na tropik ɛn sabtropik rijyɔn.

Ɛgzampul dɛn:

• Sporotrichosis (rose gardener’s disease): Na di fכns `(Sporothrix) de kכz am.` I kin afekt di lכng כ כda pat dεm na di bכdi.
• Kromoblastomaykɔsis: .Na difrɛn kayn fɛns kin kam wit am. I kin mek di skin gɛt lɔng tɛm (krɛse) infɛkshɔn. Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, i kin skata to ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi.
• Yumycetoma: Na difrɛn kayn fɛns dɛn kin kam wit am. Bɔku tɛm, i kin afɛkt di fut dɛn.

3. Fכngal infεkshכn dεm we de apin na di intanεt כgan dεm na di bכdi (`Dip fכn infεkshכn`) .

Dis na infεkshכn dεm we nכ de apin na di skin, bכt insay di bכdi, na ples dεm lεk di lכng, blכd, urinary tract, εn bren. Dɛn kin kɔl sɔm pan dɛn bak "opportunistic infections." Dis min se dɛn nɔ kin mek pɔsin sik, bɔt i kin izi fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt di sik we de mek i nɔ ebul fɔ fɛt di sik.

Ɛgzampul dɛn:

• Histoplasmosis: Na wan fכns we dεn kכl Histoplasma kin infεkt di lכng, bren, כ כda pat dεm na di bכdi.
• Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever): Na wan fכns we dεn kכl Coccidioides kin infεkt di lכng dεm εn, sכmtεm, כda pat dεm na di bכdi.
• Blastomycosis: di fכns `(Blastomyces)` de infεkt di bon dεm, di skin, εn di lכng dεm. Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, i kin afɛkt di bren ɛn di spɛnal kɔd bak.
• Aspergillosis: Na wan kayn mold we dɛn kɔl Aspergillus kin mek yu gɛt difrɛn difrɛn infɛkshɔn dɛn na di lɔng, lɛk alɛji brɔnkopulmonari aspergillosis (ABPA) ɛn kronik pulmonary aspergillosis. I kin infεkt כda pat dεm na di bכdi כ fכ mek fכn mas (aspergilloma) na di lכng dεm.
• Kandidal urinary tract infection: Bɔku pan di urinary tract infection (UTI) na baktri dɛm, bɔt sɔm kin kam bak frɔm yist lɛk Candida.
• Invasive candidiasis: Dis sik kin kam wit difrɛn kayn Kandida. I kin ambɔg di at, blɔd (kandidemia), bren, yay (endophthalmitis), bon, ɔ ɔda pat na di bɔdi.
• Nyumocystis nyumonia (PJP): di fכns `(Pneumocystis jirovecii)` de infεkt di lכng dεm εn de mek dis nyumonia kכndishכn.
• Mucormycosis: Na wan grup fכ fכn dεm we dεn kכl mucormycetes de kכz dis. dis kin infεkt di sayn dεm εn di bren (raynocerebral mucormycosis), di lכng dεm (pulmonary mucormycosis), di gεstrointestinal trakt (gastrointestinal mucormycosis), εn di skin (cutaneous mucormycosis). sכmtεm i kin spre to sεvεra pat dεm na di bכdi wan tεm (disseminated mucormycosis).
• Kriptokokosis: Dis kin kכz fכ di fכn dεm `(Cryptococcus neoformans)` εn `(Cryptococcus gattii)`. pan tap we i kin infεkt di lכng dεm mכst, sכmtεm i kin afekt di bren εn spεnal kכd, we kin mek i mek `(cryptococcal meningitis).`

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt fungal infɛkshɔn?

Di simptom dɛm fɔ fungal infɛkshɔn kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay di kayn ɛn usay di infekshɔn de.I kin difrɛn. Di sayn dɛm wae kin kam pan pɔrsin na di skin, nel, mɔt, trot, ɔ vagina. Sɔntɛnde, sayn dɛm fɔ infekshɔn na di lɔng, bren, yay, insay, ɔ kidni kin apin bak.

Di sayn dɛm fɔ infɛkshɔn na di say we di skin ɔ ɔnda di skin:

• I de it, pen, rɛd, ɔ rash na di say we di sik afɛkt.
• Di nel dɛn we gɛt kɔlɔ, we de tik, ɔ we de brok.
• Pen we yu de it, we yu nɔ de te, ɔ wayt pat na yu mɔt/trot .
• Wan lump we nɔ gɛt pen ɔnda di skin.

Di simptom dɛm fɔ fungal infɛkshɔn na di lɔng dɛm:

• Kɔf, sɔntɛm wit blɔd ɛn blɔd.
• Fɔ fil taya, taya (`(Fatigue)`).
• Fiva.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo.
• Mɔsul dɛn kin pen.
• Pen na di jɔyn dɛn.
• Ed de at.
• Nayt swet dɛn.

Di sayn dɛm fɔ fɛns infɛkshɔn na ɔda pat dɛm na di bɔdi:

• Bren infεkshכn: ed pen, fiva, nεk pen, nכs/vכmit, sεnsitiv to layt, kכnfyushכn.
• Ay infεkshכn: yay de pen, rεd, dischaj, blכr vishכn, kray, sεnsitiv to layt.
• Infεkshכn dεm na di intestinal sistεm: bכdi de pen, nכs, vכmit.
• Infεkshכn dεm na di sayn dεm: fiva, stכf nos, ed we de at, swel na wan say na di fes, fes de pen.

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt fungal infɛkshɔn?

Yist, mold, ɛn ɔda fɛns na dɛn kin mek dɛn sik ya. Bɔku pan di fɛns nɔ kin mek pipul dɛn sik, bɔt sɔm kin mek dɛn sik. Sɔm infɛkshɔn, lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk, na `opportunistic`. Dat min se dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm, bɔt dɛn kin tek advantej pan tin dɛn lɛk we di imyun sistɛm wik, fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt infɛkshɔn.

Sɔm kɔmɔn kayn fɛns dɛm we kin mek pɔsin gɛt infɛkshɔn:

• Dεmatofayt dεm: dis na grup fכ fכn dεm we de dipכnt pan wan tin we dεn kכl ``keratin`` we de insay di ia, nel dεm, εn di כta layεr na di skin. Dɛn nɔ de infɛkt di tisu we gɛt layf.
• Candida: Candida albicans na wan kayn yist we de liv na wi bɔdi we nɔ de mek wi gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm. Bɔt, ɔnda sɔm tin dɛn, i kin gro pasmak ɛn mek i it, rɛd, ɛn ɔda sayn dɛn. Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, i kin mek pɔsin gɛt siriɔs infɛkshɔn.
• Envayroment fכn dεm we de liv na grכn כ wata: εgzampl dεm na `(Histoplasma)`, `(Coccidioides)`, `(Blastomyces)` εn `(Aspergillus)`.

Aw dɛn fɛns infɛkshɔn ya kin skata?

Bɔku kɔmɔn we dɛn de fɔ mek di fεn infεkshɔn skata:

• Frɔm pɔblik ples dɛn we gɛt dɔti. Fɔ ɛgzampul, pɔblik batrum ɛn lɔka rum dɛn na jim dɛn.
• Tru wund ɔ kɔt na di skin.
• bay we yu inhal fכn frכm di envayroment (e.g., grכn, dכst).
• Bikɔs ɔf di tek antibayɔtiks.Bikɔs we antibayɔtik kil di gud baktri dɛm na wi bɔdi, sɔm fɛns kin bɔku we wi nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol.
• Sɔm dɛmatofayt infɛkshɔn kin pas tru dairekt kɔntakt wit pɔsin ɔ animal we gɛt di sik.

Yu tink se fɔŋs infɛkshɔn kin pas?

Sɔm superficial fungal infection, lɛk ringworm, kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin tru dairekt kɔntakt . Study dεm sho se Pneumocystis jirovecii infεkshכn kin spre bak frכm pכsin to pכsin. Bɔt, dip infɛkshɔn, lɛk fɔŋ we dɛn kin inhal insay di lɔng dɛn frɔm di say we dɛn de, nɔ kin gɛt di sik.

Aw yu go no se yu gɛt fɛns infɛkshɔn?

Aw yu dɔktɔ go no se yu gɛt fɛns infɛkshɔn de dipen usay i de na yu bɔdi. I kin luk fɔ sayn dɛm fɔ di fɛns pan dɛn tin ya, ɔ tray fɔ `kɔlchɔ` di fɛns:

• Sampul dεm we dεn tek frכm di skin כ כda tisu dεm we dεn afekt.
• Wan pis nel (`nel klip`).
• Blɔd sɛmpul.
• Sputum sampul.
• di wata we de rawnd di bren εn di spεnal kכd (`CNS fluid`).
• Yurin sampul.
• Di tin dɛn we de kɔmɔt na di yay.
• Dischaj we de kɔmɔt na di vagina.

If yu dɔktɔ tink se yu gɛt fɛns infɛkshɔn na yu lɔng, bren, ɔ ɔda pat dɛn we de insay yu bɔdi, i kin ɔda bak fɔ mek dɛn tek ɛkstrem rayt, MRI, ɔ CT skan fɔ luk fɔ sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt di sik.

Aw dɛn kin trit fɔŋs infɛkshɔn?

Bɔku fεn infεkshכn dεm kin trit wit antifεngal mεdikeshכn . Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin kil fɛns insay ɛn ausayd yu bɔdi. Di kayn mɛrɛsin we yu dɔktɔ go gi yu go difrɛn difrɛn wan bay usay di fɛns de.

Pan ɔl we yu kin bay sɔm tritmɛnt dɛn ova di kɔwnta (OTC) we yu nɔ gɛt prɛskrishɔn, i bɛtɛ fɔ go to dɔktɔ bifo yu trit pɔsin we gɛt fɔŋ.

Us mɛrɛsin dɛn kin yuz fɔ trit pɔsin?

Fɔ trit fungal infɛkshɔn, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu antifungal tritmɛnt dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin tek bay mɔt.
• Medikeshɔn dɛn we dɛn kin put insay di bɛlɛ (`IV mɛrɛsin`). Dɛn kin gi dɛn tin ya dairekt insay wan vein na dɔktɔ in ɔfis ɔ ɔspitul.
• Loshan, krim ɔ paoda.
• Wash yu mɔt ɔ lozenges.
• Ay drop dɛn.
• Di kayn shampoo dɛn we dɛn kin yuz.

Aw fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt fungal infɛkshɔn?

Fɔ avɔyd difrɛn difrɛn fɛns infɛkshɔn dɛn, i impɔtant fɔ kip yu yon hajɛns gud gud wan ɛn protɛkt yusɛf frɔm fɛns we de na di envayrɔmɛnt. Fɔ fala dɛn advays ya fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt fungal infɛkshɔn:

• Shawa ɔltɛm afta yu dɔn swet ɔ dɔti.Nɔ lɛf di say dɛn we yu skin wet.
• Nɔ waka barefut na pɔblik batrum, shawa, ɔ say fɔ chenj na jim.
• Wear klin, dray, kɔtɔn ɔndawea.
• Kip yu tit ɛn yu mɔt klin.
• If yu wɛr kɔntakt lens, klin am lɛk aw yu yay dɔktɔ tɛl yu.
• Kip yu nel dɛn shɔt ɛn klin.
• Na if dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek antibayɔtik nɔmɔ. If yu tek antibayɔtik fɔ lɔng tɛm, i kin mek yist gro pasmak na yu bɔdi ɛn mek yu gɛt infɛkshɔn.
• Nɔ sheb spɔt ikwipmɛnt, tawɛl, ɔ ɔda tin dɛn fɔ yusɛf wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• We yu de wok wit dɔti, wɛr klos we go protɛkt yu lɛk glɔv, but, lɔng pant, ɛn lɔng sliv shit . If yu de na say usay bad bad fɔŋ dɛn kin bɔku na di envayrɔmɛnt, wɛr N95 respirator mask fɔ mek yu nɔ blo dɛn insay.
• If yu de na say we gɛt bad bad fɛns na di grɔn, wɛr fes mask we dɔst storm de kam, ɔ de insay os wit winda dɛn we dɛn lɔk.

Wetin kin apin if fεn sik de?

Wetin yu kin ɛkspɛkt we yu gɛt fɛns infɛkshɔn de dipen pan if yu gɛt ɔda ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn, ɛn usay di infɛkshɔn de na yu bɔdi. Fɔngal infɛkshɔn na di ia, skin, ɛn nel nɔ kin siriɔs , bɔt i kin tek sɔm tɛm fɔ mek i dɔn ful-ɔp wit tritmɛnt. Dip fεn infεkshכn dεm na di lכng כ כda insay כgan dεm kin mek yu layf de pan denja, εspεshali if yu imyun sistεm wik.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt fɔŋ, mɔ na yu lɔng ɔ ɔda pat dɛn we de insay yu bɔdi, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. If yu de trit fungal infection, nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ si yu dɔktɔ bak if i nɔ go.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

• Wetin mek dis sik? Wetin a fɔ du fɔ mek dis nɔ apin tumara bambay?
• Aw a go mek dis infekshɔn nɔ go to ɔda pipul dɛn?
• Ustɛm a fɔ si yu bak?
• Aw yu kin yuz dis mɛrɛsin?
• Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek a wɛl?

Tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis atikul (Take-Home Message)

Fɔngi de ɔlsay. Infakt, sɔm kayn fɛns dɛn de liv na wi bɔdi we wi nɔ de ivin tink bɔt dɛn. So, e nɔr sɔprayz fɔ no se wi go gɛt fungal infɛkshɔn sɔm tɛm na wi layf. Bɔrku pan dɛm kin wɛl wit tritmɛnt.

De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw yu go protɛkt yusɛf if yu gɛt wik imyun sistɛm ɔr yu de pan denja fɔ gɛt siriɔs ɔr lɔng tɛm infekshɔn.

Dɔn bak, if yu notis ɛni chenj we nɔ kɔmɔn na yu skin ɔ yu nel, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɛn nɔ pe atɛnshɔn to am.

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