B35-B49: Mycoses

Mycoses refers to a group of diseases caused by fungi. These fungal infections can impact various parts of the body, including your skin, hair, nails, or internal organs. You can pick up the fungi that cause these infections through direct contact with an infected person or animal, by touching a contaminated object, or by inhaling fungal spores from the air. Common symptoms vary depending on the specific disease but may include itchy, red, cracked, or peeling skin, round patches of hair loss, or persistent cough. Some mycoses develop gradually and can become chronic conditions, while others progress rapidly and can be life-threatening, particularly in people with weakened immune systems. Despite the wide range of symptoms and severity across different mycoses, all these conditions involve an inappropriate reaction or failure of the body's defense mechanisms to clear the invading fungi.