Best Doctors for Fungal Skin Infections Treatment in Kalighat, Kolkata

Fungal Skin Infection is a common condition affecting an estimated million population. As the name suggests fungal skin infections are caused by fungi and are medically termed as mycosis. Fungi live everywhere and can be found in the air, soil, plants, surfaces, skin or even inside the body. These microscopic organisms usually do not cause any issues for the skin unless they penetrate the skin through a cut or a lesion and multiply faster than normal.

These organisms develop in warm and moist environment, in sweaty and damp areas such as nails, groin, in between the toes and fingers where there is poor air flow. Ring worm, Candidiasis, jock itch (tinea cruris), Tinea versicolor, Athlete's foot (tinea pedis), Onychomycosis are some of the common fungal skin infections encountered.