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Not much is spoken off or told about Sporotrichosis and when one check the net very less information for the same is given about this fungal infection, says a source. Usually the fungal infection affects the skin and this is caused by Sporothrix schenckii, which is microscopal fungii. The diseases can get onto anybody, especially those who work handling plats which are thorny, even those who work with sphagnum moss and baled hay as well. Such people are prone to get the diseases faster than others since the risks are more, says a source. People working at nurseries are more susceptible to the disease than others. Even if there is a rose gardener working for you or even if kids play amongst greenhouse materials and baled hay as well, where barberry thorns are in plenty, the contamination from plant to humans can occur, says a source.

Sporotrichosis as a fungus would enter the body through means of pricks and cuts from thorns, pine needles and barbs, but it wouldn’t spread from one person to another, says a source. Symptoms start small for Sporotrichosis, mostly as pink, purple or red spots which look like small insect stings or bites. The lesion or the bump would be on fingers, arms and upper hands, places where the fungus could make its way through to the skin and infect, says a source. The next symptoms that would follow would be raised nodules or bumps that could trick you into thinking they are boils. Finally, the skin lesions would resemble ulcers and that would take a very long time to get healed or rid off, says a source. Please note, the report says that it would be around one to twelve weeks that the symptoms start to show up, in most cases it would be three weeks or less, say doctors.

A confirmation on Sporotrichosis happens when swabs are tested by the doctors from a fresh nodule that has been cut deeper into. They would submit this to the labs for further testing and the results would then be told. One can even have the diagnosis done through blood testing and or biopsy specimen testing for the same says a source. You should get this diagnosis done by a reputed doctor so that the best treatment can be provided on time and further complications can be eradicated.

Mostly iodides would be used as drops to treat Sporotrichosis, and that should be prescribed but the physician concerned. The treatment could take any where between a week and a month or more, says a source. There are complexities that arise with Sporotrichosis, since most of the infection can come on to the skin. Some cases have shown that even the lungs, joints and the CNS can be affected, but these are rare.

Sporotrichosis can be prevented when one wears long sleeves or gloves while they handle pine seedlings, hay bales, rose bushes etc, these can cause skin breaks which are minor, says a source, but prevention is always better than cure, so why take a chance.