Thinking about mycoses and how hard they are to kill.

[Guest guest]

A lot of people here seem to be sure that for some reason, mold is

causing mycotic infections in them.

That may be true, but it also may not be.

Few IF ANY of us know this subject as well as any good doctor.

Honestly, the risks of seriously hurting *yourself* by putting things

into yourself to " kill " anything has too big

of a potential to be dangerous!

I feel that nomatter how dysfunctional our medical system is, we are

very foolish if we don't seek medical care for

any infections. Do your best to present all the information you can,

and if that

doctor doesn't listen, get another one.

Try to keep records of what you have happen, and of course all tests you get.

But we need to keep our perspective on the complexity of all this.

Immune system issues and toxicology issues are incredibly complicated.

Mycotic infections are also incredibly complicated.

You know, the more I read about mycoses, the more I realize I don't

know. Fighting fungal infections is often an incredibly difficult

problem. Not just on the individual battle level.. in a sick person,

also on a macro level.. ie. us vs. THEM!

You know, its quite possible that fungi may defeat us in our race to

reproduce. The end of the Earth AS WE KNOW IT, could come via fungi.

(Students of paleobiology know that in fact, that exact thing HAS

already happened here on Earth *many times* !)

Sure, we have come a long way in our KNOWLEGDE since 20 or 30 years

ago BUT a sobering fact intrudes..

evolution comes VERY fast in fungi.. SO both collectively and

individually, we often find ourselves fighting bugs that have

increased in their VIRULENCE rapidly - what was killed by a given

antifungal five years ago, now isn't.

We have only had antibiotics for a very short time.. BUT in that time,

pathogens have EVOLVED GREATLY to fight them.

So, as I understand it, inadequate and inappropriate use of

antifungals BREEDS STRONGER PATHOGENS!

How? Fungi are more closely related to us, (ie. animals, vertebrates,

etc.) than bacteria, viruses, etc.

(MANY antifungal drugs are toxic or semi-toxic to us too!) So, the

dose is crucial. They need to kill all the fungi, without leaving the

few resistant survivors to breed resistant fungi and come back.

If the drugs aren't toxic to you, and work, if they aren't taken at

the right dose, which varies, they run the risk of breeding new bugs

if they aren't used at high enough doses and for long enough.

deadlier.)

So doctors have to figure out the dose carefully when using them and

they need to use enough, long enough.