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Understanding Medical Mycology
by Prof dr. Josef Dumanov

Introduction to Medical Mycology - A work in progress....

Medical mycology is the study of fungi that infect humans/animals or affect their health. A disease caused by a fungi is called a mycosis. There are many mycoses (pl) and a mycosis may take on many different forms. Many cancers are misdiagnosed and are in fact a presentation of fungal mold growth or activity. It is not understood why mycoses are not a reportable infection when clearly fungi do infect humans and animals even the immunocompentent.

Fungalbionics
In 2002 United Nations World Health Organization scientists published "Fungalbionics" considered to be by the medical mycology community one of the most comprehensive collected data and research studies compiled. This work was led by Dr. A.V. Costantini,Head, U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center For Mycotoxins In Food with Dr. Lars I. Qvick & Dr. Heinrich Wieland authors of the publication called "Fungalbionics" Link with permission. 

Affects of Fungi on Human and Animal Health
Fungi can be allergenic, toxigenic, infectious or pathogenic

Pathogenic Fungi
THE COMMON DERMATOPHYTES

Fungi that involve the skin are called Dematophytes: Common genera for this condition include: Trichophyton Microsporium Epidermpphyton

Typically they grow on human biofilms on the epidermis or the "stratum corneum" where condtions are ideal being warm and  moist such as  on your feet as with "Athletes Foot" fungi. Complications can arise when this condition becomes chronic and bacteria join to complicate the infection making it more difficult to cure.

SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSIS

SYSTEMIC MYCOSES

Common Medically Important Fungi

Source "Atlas of Clinical  Fungi" GS de Hoog, J. Guarro, J. Gene, M.J. Figueras et al

Of all the fungi the Aspergilli have recieved the most attention in medical mycology

Aspergillus Penicillium Fusarium

Cancer as a Fungus
Given that fungi paly an important role in human health Fungalionics supra it should be no surpirse of thier role in what is "cancer". To understand how fungi are involved in the so-called cancers we must understand what does cancer mean as it is it is non descript generally for over 200 conditions ranging from neoplasia or an onkos (from the Ancient Greek onkos (ὄνκος), meaning bulk, mass, or tumor, to necrosis  a necrotising, rotting and death of tissue.

Sarcomas and Carcinomas

Terms such ars sarcomas and carcinomas, simply describe the type of tissue affected by fungi. Sarcoma (from the Greek 'sarx' meaning "flesh") is a general term describing a malignant neoplasm, or cancer (necrosis), that arises from transformed connective tissue cells] such as bone, cartilage, and fat cells, which originate from embryonic mesoderm.

Carcinomas, which are of epithelial origin breast, colon, pancreas, and others. Due to an evolving understanding of tissue origin, the term "sarcoma" is sometimes applied to tumors now known to arise from epithelial tissue. The term soft tissue sarcoma is used to describe tumors of soft tissue, which includes elements that are in connective tissue, but not derived from it (such as muscles and blood vessels).

See "Cancer is a Fungus" Tullio Simoncini, MD, Oncologist

Environmental Exposure to Clinically Relevant Fungi
Considerable debate has ensued the cancer fungus hypohosis. Is the fungus the result of the cancer disease or is the fungus the direct cause of the disease.