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Primarily there are four types of infections:
Bacterial infections
Bacteria are one-celled life forms. Some sort of bacteria are always present in the human body. Hundreds of thousands of bacteria species even live on our skin without doing much damage. There may be hundreds of thousands of bacteria in our stomach and other parts. Many of these bacteria protect us from infections.
Some varieties of bacteria can be dangerous. A bacterial infection can lead to pneumonia, meningitis, or food poisoning. There are many skin bacterial infections such as cellulitis, folliculitis, boils and impetigo. Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis. The Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium causes the STD gonorrhea.
A timely infection test can reveal whether you are infected by a bacterium or not.
Viral infections
The most famous viral infection these days is Covid-19. There are many viruses that may be dangerous to one species but not others.
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent. When it is not living inside its host, it lives in a dormant nature, as if it is dead. As soon as it enters a living cell of an organism, it activates and multiplies. After entering a host cell, the virus overtakes the cells by releasing its own genetic material and proteins into the host (the basic structure of DNA and RNA). Then it uses the host cell machinery to replicate. If you haven’t been vaccinated or if your body does not have a natural resistance to the virus, you get infected by the virus.
Some of the common viral infections include human immunodeficiency virus, infectious mononucleosis, shingles, chickenpox, influenza, herpes, Ebola, measles, and many more.
Fungal infections
In the wake of Covid-19 you must have heard of the dreaded black fungus infection among the Covid patients. Fungal infection can affect your skin in the form of ringworm, athlete’s foot, and jock itch. It can also infect you internally by infecting your esophagus, digestive tract, lungs, the inside of the mouth, urinary tract or vagina.
Fungus or fungi are microscopic organisms. They grow like plants. Some are free living (they can survive on their own) and some are parasitic. It’s the parasitic fungi that cause infections among humans and animals.
Parasitic infections
Parasites can be tiny animals that start living inside your body. They don’t need to be microorganisms or microscopic. Some parasites can be as large as common insects like cockroaches or flies. You can accidentally ingest a parasite while drinking water or eating some food (especially partially cooked non-veg) or while swimming.
A well-known parasitic infection is malaria. You get infected by malaria when a parasite is transmitted by an infected mosquito during a mosquito bite.
A timely infection test can tell you whether you are infected by a bacteria, a virus, a fungus or a parasite and you can start your treatment accordingly. It is especially important to get an infection test done as fast as possible because all these microorganisms and parasites can grow incredibly fast and can take over most of your systems.