Edexcel IGCSE Human Biology Disease Note

DISEASE

Causative Agent: Fungus (Trichophyton species or tinea group)

Transmission: 

Fungal spores are transmitted via infected shoes and socks and by sharing towels.

*When walking barefoot on infected tiles and mats in the floor of changing rooms and

showers.

*Through swimming pool and ponds if people are not conscious ad don't chlorinate water.

Symptoms: Painful, itching and redness as fungal hyphae grow between the soft tissue, between the toe. It might spread…