The first unique case in India, this disease caused by plants to humans… know what happens in it?

Fungal Diseases In Humans: The disease is transmitted from human to human. Humans also get diseases from animals. But you must have heard very few such stories, when a person gets sick after coming in contact with a plant or tree. This is rarely seen or heard. But such a unique case has been seen in India. One person has got plant disease. Doctors are expressing surprise on this matter. A plant mycologist plant specialist has become the first person in the world to succumb to the fungal disease. This case has been seen in a 61-year-old man in Kolkata.

it was plant disease

According to media reports, a 61-year-old man was found infected with Chondrosterium purpureum. It is a fungal disease that causes silver leaf disease in plants. Earlier doctors were not able to understand that there can be such a disease which can be transmitted from plants to humans.

Symptoms seen in person

According to a report, the old man is a plant mycologist by profession. For three months, symptoms like hoarse voice, cough, fatigue and difficulty in swallowing started appearing. When the problem increased, he went to see the doctor. He also had a paratracheal abscess in his throat. When the pus samples were examined, it was found to be a fungal infection. Paratracheal abscess is often accompanied by fever, sore throat, odynophagia and swelling in the neck up to the hyoid bone.

No medical history

It was seen in the old man that he was not suffering from any kind of disease. No side effect of diabetes, HIV infection, kidney or any other disease or medicine was found in him. There was no history of his illness.

How did you get infected

Doctors told that Pesha is a plant mycologist by profession. He had been working for a long time with mushrooms and fungi of various plants. There is a possibility that at the same time the person fell prey to this infection. The mycologist has recovered after taking two antifungal drugs for two months.

what is disease

Silver leaf is a fungal disease of trees, caused by the fungal plant pathogen Chondrosterium purpureum. It attacks most species of the rose family. This disease is very dangerous. In this the leaves become like silver. The person had come in the grip of this fungus.

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