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Fungal Infection: In extremely rare cases fruiting fungi have been know to infect immune comprised people (Speller and Maciver 1971; Kern and Uecker 1986). Although most of these fungi are soil inhabitants that infect through wounds, it is likely that all fungi can potentially be harmful to a damaged immune system. These fungi can be more aggressive than the obligate pathogens we are use to, and they can be inordinately difficult to treat. Luckily most of our immune systems will easily take care of those wayward mushroom spores and active mycelium that enter our bodily kingdom. However if you are diabetic, in treatment for cancer, have had an organ transplant or a serious disease like AIDS... you definitely will want to inactivate live mushroom tissue by thoroughly cooking.
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Science Lesson: You may have heard somewhere along the line that we are more closely related to fungus than plants. Fungi are one of the steps on the evolutionary road from algae to animals... plants veered off on a different route. Some had theorized this was the case by comparing physical traits fungi have in common with the animal kingdom, like chitin cell walls. More recently genetic relationship studies have validated the evolutionary tie between fungi and animals. Our evolutionary kinship is also the reason fungal infections can be very difficult to treat. The fungal metabolism is so similar to ours, it is very difficult to target a fungus without gravely affecting the human host as well.
From:
everythingmushrooms.com/a-few-reasons-to-cook-the-mushrooms-you-eat/ I am taking maximum dose of 6mp and Cimzia injections for Crohn's. I also have little
open sores around my fingernails. I am worried about
touching/handling of the mushrooms. Should I wear a plastic glove, or would that be an overkill?
I am a little paranoid about
fungi kingdom. These are tough and advanced creatures.
Unlike bacteria and other prokaryotes, these are eukaryotes. That's why it's much harder to get rid of fungal infections; and that's also why anti-fungals are so detrimental to human body.
Lastly: Are mushrooms from outer space?
www.explorebigsky.com/are-mushrooms-from-outer-space/harvardsciencereview.com/2015/06/02/astromycology-the-fungal-frontier/Addition: “I believe the mushroom mycelium has a consciousness”
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