Re: Re: Round Circles on Skin

[Guest guest]

" Fungal skin infections can be

diagnosed by taking a scraping and looking at it under the microscope

by a family doctor or dermatologist.

Hope that helps.

Marjorie "

Does that include fungal related illnesses such as Seborrheic Dermatitis or

Pitysprorum folliculitus? Could a derm look at a skin scraping under the

microscope and tell if one of those two things is occurring in the prescence

of yeast? (a type of fungus)

[Guest guest]

" Fungal infections of the skin are all diagnosed the same way, it

doesn't matter how or why it got there.

Yeast is not " a type " of fungus. Fungus and yeast are two forms of

the same organism, which one is manifest depends on the organism,

environmental conditions, etc. "

Thank you very much, I sincerely appreciate the information. I don't mean

to constantly bother you (or anyone on here for that matter) for

information, and this will be my last question on the subject, but since

yeast and fungus are different, simply two forms of the same organism, are

they tested for in the same way? I thought yeast was a type of fungus, so I

have been asking the wrong question all along.

[Guest guest]

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Marjorie Wrote:

Yeast is not " a type " of fungus. Fungus and yeast are two forms of

the same organism, which one is manifest depends on the organism,

environmental conditions, etc. >

This is not correct - Yeast IS a type of fungus. Fungi include Moulds such

as Tinea, Yeasts such as Thrush (Candida) and even Mushrooms etc. At least

for " normal, mainstream " thinking. I'm sure different people have different

ideas!

Barry Hunt