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For some people, particularly those with allergic fungal sinusitis or recurrent fungus balls, managing fungal sinus issues becomes a long-term health concern requiring ongoing attention.

Symptoms of a fungal sinus infection include headache, congestion, and facial pain or pressure. Symptoms can vary depending on the type of fungal sinus infection.

Dr Wylie says foot fungus is both ‘extremely’ common – affecting around 15 to 25% of Brits in their lifetime – and ‘highly contagious’.

Other fungal infections, such as tinea cruris or “ jock itch,” can result in ringworm in the groin area, but it is not a sexually transmitted fungal infection.

Lethal fungal diseases are becoming more common, says infectious disease specialist Dr Peter Chin-Hong, an associate dean and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

An estimated 6.5 million people develop invasive fungal infections each year, with about 2.5 million deaths directly caused by them — roughly twice the global toll of tuberculosis. Many of those ...

Once considered obscure or opportunistic, invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency - and in patients and places doctors never used to worry about. Climate change is ...