Symptoms of Lung Fungus

Lung fungus is a very rare circumstance and diseases related to fungus in lungs solely depend on the immune strength of the body. Lung fungus symptoms mainly occur due to the fungi which are present in the food we eat and the air we inhale. If a person is having a strong immune system then the successful entry of the fungi inside the body is inhibited by the immune system thereby stopping the fungus and stops the harmful effects and the lung fungus symptoms. In other words if a body is having weak immune system then inhaled fungi will grow in the lungs leading to various types of lung fungus symptoms.

Lung fungus symptoms do not necessarily includes physical symptoms all the time. It normally occurs internally inside the chest and when the infection advances in the lungs then the lung function symptoms include that of severe chest pain, severe coughing which some times includes blood in sputum, there is difficulty in breathing and some times patients gets the symptoms of asthma. There is deep fever along with delirium.

The diseases which occur due to fungal infections in lungs are called as Histoplasmosis, so patients suffering from lung fungus symptoms are advised to remain away from dust prone areas and from contamination of birds and bats. Normally it is very difficult to determine the lung fungus symptoms externally through medical diagnosis and a x-ray is normally done to determine it and immediate action should be taken as the fungus are prone to grow more rapidly on internal organs.