How skin gets infected with fungus



The way of skin fungal infection usually includes direct infection and indirect infection.

1. Direct infection: when the patient’s own body immunity and resistance is poor, contact with animals and people suffering from dermatophytosis, it is easy to lead to fungal direct infection of the skin. In addition, in summer, when wearing impermeable socks and underwear, it is more likely to occur fungal infectious skin disease.

2. Indirect infection: indirect infection is mainly due to the indirect contact of the skin with fungal clothing and other infections, such as contact with fungus-contaminated shoes and socks, clothing mixing, bath towels, public baths and so on.

Skin fungal infections can be manifested as itchy lesions, erythema, flaking, dry cracks and other symptoms. Patients with fungal skin infections should go to the hospital in a timely manner and under the guidance of the doctor for regular treatment.