Blastomycosis is a severe systemic fungal infection that mainly targets dogs and human beings. This disease can trigger immense lesions in essential organs like eye, respiratory organs and skin. It can turn a normal person into a handicap if not treated on the right time.

This disease is known to distress a person for several years in form of relapses. Therefore, it is utmost important to subject the person under intensive care comprising of proper medications, therapies and other alternate methods that kills and stops the growth of the fungus inside the body. This disease is known to spread via the inhalation of the fungus called Blastomyces dermatitidis. This micro-organism is mainly found in abundance in sand, mud and acidic soil.

This organism mostly affects dogs and in rare cases, it attacks other animals like cats, ferrets and horses. The susceptibility of dogs towards this disease is ten times stronger than humans. This disease is marked by the progression of lung lesions followed by harsh and dry coughs. Among many people, this disease is the sole cause of eye problems, lameness, weight loss, fever, depression and loss of appetite. Weakness and thinness of the bones are yet other strong signals of this disease.