Originators of fungoid diseases are unicellular and multicellular parasitic mushrooms. The body of a fungus parasitic consists of threads which are called as hyphas. Mushrooms parasitic breed disputes that it is important to consider at treatment and preventive maintenance of fungoid diseases.

Recognition of fungoid diseases is made to their clinical signs, also it can be made by means of laboratory researches. Fungoid diseases widespread, and it is very frequent a unique measure of preventive maintenance observance of rules of personal hygiene is. The person should remember, that infection with fungoid diseases occurs at close contact to sick people. Besides, to catch it is possible through subjects which the person with fungoid diseases used.

Among fungoid diseases which develop on stops of the person, it is necessary to pay special attention of an epidermophitia. This infectious disease caused by introduction in an external layer of a skin of the person of funguses. More all is subject to occurrence of the given disease the people having long contact to water: sportsmen-swimmers, the bathhouse attendants, strongly sweating people, working hot shops. Besides, the course of a disease can be promoted by presence at the person of a platypodia and wearing of rubber footwear. Disease arises and becomes aggravated more often in the summer, in hot weather. Funguses amaze mainly soles of feet and a cord between fingers of feet, fingernails. At the raised sweating sweat loosens a cornual layer of a skin that promotes introduction of funguses.