Extractions: AllRefer Channels :: Yellow Pages Reference Health Home ... Contact Us Quick Jump ADD/ADHD Allergies Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Back Pain Breast Cancer Cancer Colon Cancer Depression Diabetes Gallbladder Disease Heart Attack Hepatitis High Cholesterol HIV/AIDS Hypertension Lung Cancer Menopause Migraines/Headaches Osteoporosis Pneumonia Prostate Cancer SARS Stroke Urinary Tract Infection 1600+ More Conditions Alternative Medicine Health News Symptoms Guide Special Topics ... Medical Encyclopedia Pulmonary Nodule - Front View Chest X-Ray Infection is caused by inhalation of the spores of the fungus, Coccidioides immitis , which is often found in desert regions. About 60% of infections cause no symptoms and are only recognized later by a positive coccidioidin skin test In the remaining 40% of cases, symptoms range from mild to severe. People with a compromised immune system tend to have more serious infections. Individuals with
Coccidioides Immitis, Cause Of Coccidioidomycosis, Aka Valley is Coccidioides immitis, cause of the fungal disease coccidioidomycosis, aka Valley Fever, san joaquin valley fever, desert bumps, desert http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Extractions: AllRefer Channels :: Yellow Pages Reference Health Home ... Contact Us Quick Jump ADD/ADHD Allergies Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Back Pain Breast Cancer Cancer Colon Cancer Depression Diabetes Gallbladder Disease Heart Attack Hepatitis High Cholesterol HIV/AIDS Hypertension Lung Cancer Menopause Migraines/Headaches Osteoporosis Pneumonia Prostate Cancer SARS Stroke Urinary Tract Infection 1600+ More Conditions Alternative Medicine Health News Symptoms Guide Special Topics ... Medical Encyclopedia Alternate Names : Coccidiosis, San Joaquin Valley Fever, Valley Fever Any of the following may be symptoms: Cough Chest pain , varies from mild sense of constriction to severe Fever Chills Night sweats Headache Muscle stiffness Muscle aches Joint stiffness Neck stiffness or shoulder stiffness Rash , may be painful, red, on lower legs ( erythema nodosum Blood-tinged sputum Loss of appetite Weight loss Wheezing Sweating, excessive
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THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 13, Ch. 158, Systemic Fungal Diseases Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever; San Joaquin Fever) A disease caused by the fungus Coccidioides immitis, usually occurring in a primary form as an http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
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Extractions: San Joaquin Valley Fever (part 1 of 2): Who Is at Risk Robert Singleton, with UC Davis microbiology professor Demosthenes Pappagianis ANNOUNCER'S TAG: It's here. But a lot of people don't know it . . . until they get it. Robert Singleton has more from the University of California. Permission granted for rebroadcast of this piece, either edited or in its entirety. QuickTime or RealPlayer required Download RealPlayer 7 Listen (web-quality audio): Click a link below to play a web-quality file of the story. Download (broadcast-quality audio): To save a 22KHz 16-bit mono WAVE file of this story to your computer, PC users right-click the WAVE link below (Mac users click and hold) and then choose "Save Link As..." from the pop-up menu. Broadcast-quality WAVE (valleyfever1.wav, 7.7MB)
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Extractions: San Joaquin Valley Fever (part 2 of 2): Not Just a "California Problem" Anymore Robert Singleton, with UC Davis microbiology professor Demosthenes Pappagianis ANNOUNCER'S TAG: Those who turn a blind eye and deaf ear toward a so-called "farmworker's disease" limited to California may be in for a rude awakening. Robert Singleton has more in this update from the University of California. Permission granted for rebroadcast of this piece, either edited or in its entirety. QuickTime or RealPlayer required Download RealPlayer 7 Listen (web-quality audio): Click a link below to play a web-quality file of the story. Download (broadcast-quality audio): To save a 22KHz 16-bit mono WAVE file of this story to your computer, PC users right-click the WAVE link below (Mac users click and hold) and then choose "Save Link As..." from the pop-up menu. Broadcast-quality WAVE (valleyfever2.wav, 8.7MB)
Extractions: (advertisement) Synonyms, Key Words, and Related Terms: valley fever, desert fever, San Joaquin Valley fever, California fever, Coccidioides immitis infection, C immitis, Coccidioides posadasii, C posadasii , desert rheumatism, cocci Background: Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii are dimorphic fungi endemic to certain arid regions in the southwestern United States and in Mexico, Central America, and South America. The 2 species are morphologically identical but genetically and epidemiologically distinct. C immitis is geographically limited to California's San Joaquin valley region, whereas C posadasii is found in the desert southwest of the United States, Mexico, and South America. The manifestations of exposure to either organism are assumed to be identical; however, this hypothesis has not been formally tested. The disease has numerous designations related to the location in which it is acquired (eg, valley fever, San Joaquin fever, desert fever, California fever) or clinical manifestations with which it presents (eg, desert rheumatism, coccidioidal granuloma). Most simply and commonly, the symptomatic infection is referred to as cocci. Coccidioidomycosis was first recognized as a distinct disease entity in 1892. In 1900, coccidioidomycosis was identified as a fungal infection. The first documented case of coccidioidomycosis was diagnosed in an Argentinean soldier who had predominantly cutaneous manifestations. The actuality that coccidioidomycosis is not a rare, uniformly fatal infection was not appreciated until a medical student accidentally inhaled the
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Extractions: Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Infection is caused by inhalation of the spores of the fungus, Coccidioides immitis , which is often found in desert regions. About 60% of infections cause no symptoms and are only recognized later by a positive coccidioidin skin test In the remaining 40% of cases, symptoms range from mild to severe. People with a compromised immune system tend to have more serious infections. Individuals with AIDS are at higher risk for pulmonary (lung) coccidioidomycosis , as well as for the disseminated (spread to many body systems) and cutaneous (skin) forms of the disease. The disease can have an acute chronic , or disseminated form. Acute pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is almost always mild, with few or no symptoms, and resolves without treatment. The incubation period is 7 to 21 days.
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Extractions: VALLEY FEVER A primer for non-medical people MS Word Acrobat text by Richard M. Deaner, M.D. Hans Einstein, M.D. Updated May 1999 INTRODUCTION This primer is written for non-medical people in the hope that it will be a source of useful information for those living in the arid areas of the southwestern United States and in Mexico where the valley fever fungus thrives and where valley fever infections are very common. Although many brief articles on valley fever have been published - in pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, and encyclopedia and although many articles on the subject have appeared in medical journals and other scientific magazines and texts, we are aware of no previous attempt to present a thorough discussion of this disease to the non-medical public. This book is arranged in four parts. The first section (Section ONE) is an overview of valley fever which attempts to explain what the disease is, how the disease is caused in people and in animals, what the symptoms are, what the complications of the disease are, how the disease is detected (diagnosed), and what treatments, both medical and surgical, are available. This section is for a "quick study" so that the reader can gain a good general understanding of the disease in about one hour of reading time. Section TWO amplifies some of the important features touched on in Section ONE - for those readers who want more detailed information. Some of the social and economic issues associated with valley fever are also discussed.
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Extractions: Causes, incidence, and risk factors: The infection is caused by breathing in the spores of a fungus found in desert regions such as Arizona or California's San Joaquin Valley. The disease can have an acute chronic , or disseminated form. The chronic form usually develops after a latent period of months to years following an initial benign infection which may go undiagnosed. Lung abscesses may form and may rupture into the pleural spaces causing empyema (pus in the pleural space) or bronchopleural fistula. Scarring (fibrosis) and cavities may gradually form in the upper lungs as the chronic form of coccidioidomycosis slowly progresses over months to years. Still, the majority of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis infections do not become chronic. In fact, the majority of infections cause no symptoms and are only recognized by a positive coccidioidin skin test . Dark skinned people and people with a weak immune system are more susceptible to infection and more likely to form chronic or disseminated (spreading to other organs) forms of the disease.
