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Extractions: (Cocci; Coccidiosis; Desert fever; Posada-Wernicke disease; San Joaquin fever; San Joaquin Valley Fever; Valley fever) Revised and Updated for the Internet Age P A P E R B A C K Paperback Book Paperback Book Order by phone: 800-843-2665 (within USA) 1-201-272-3651 (from outside USA) Paperback Book Shipped in 3 to 5 business days E B O O K Electronic File * E-Book version sent via e-mail in 2 business days Pages Price $28.95(USD) ISBN Published Synopsis A comprehensive manual for anyone interested in self-directed research on coccidioidomycosis. Fully referenced with ample Internet listings and glossary. Related Conditions/Synonyms Cocci; Coccidiosis; Desert fever; Posada-Wernicke disease; San Joaquin fever; San Joaquin Valley Fever; Valley fever Description Table of Contents Introduction Overview Organization Scope Moving Forward PART I: THE ESSENTIALS Chapter 1. The Essentials on Coccidioidomycosis: Guidelines Overview Coccidioidomycosis: Technical Notes Clinical Features Etiologic Agent Reservoir Incidence Sequelae Transmission Risk Groups Surveillance Challenges More Guideline Sources Vocabulary Builder Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance
Extractions: Category : Health Centers Respiratory System (Lungs and Breathing) Valley Fever Alternate Names : San Joaquin Valley Fever, Coccidioidomycosis Attribution Valley fever is an infection, usually in the lungs, caused by the fungus Coccidioides immitis. It is called valley fever because the fungus is commonly found in the soil of the valleys of the southwestern US, Mexico, and parts of Central and South America. What is going on in the body? Valley fever may cause a range of mild symptoms, and a mild lung infection. Or the infection may be severe and progressive, and spread throughout the body, which can be fatal. What are the causes and risks of the infection? Valley fever is caused by a fungus that thrives in the soil. An infection occurs when a person breathes in dust from soil that contains the fungus. The disease is commonly found in California's San Joaquin Valley, southern and central Arizona, and southwest Texas. A person who works outdoors in those areas may be at a higher risk.
Extractions: Category : Health Centers Respiratory System (Lungs and Breathing) Valley Fever Alternate Names : San Joaquin Valley Fever, Coccidioidomycosis Valley Fever Attribution What are the treatments for the infection? The acute form of valley fever normally clears up without treatment. Bed rest and fever- reducing medications may be recommended. In more severe cases, fungus-killing medications may be used. A healthcare provider may prescribe amphotericin B to be given through a vein. In cases of recurrence, a medication such as ketoconazole may be prescribed between courses of amphotericin. In severe cases, surgery may be needed to drain abscesses in the lungs. What are the side effects of the treatments? Possible side effects of the medications include stomach upset
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Entrez PubMed Coccidioidomycosis Alias san joaquin valley fever. Barbee RA, Lebowitz MD, RyanKJ, Tennican P. MeSH Terms Coccidioidomycosis/diagnosis* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=4
What's The Best Treatment For Valley Fever? It was discovered in the San Joaquin Valley of California and is also sometimescalled san joaquin valley fever, desert fever, or desert rheumatism. http://www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA24520/
Extractions: Valley Fever is an infectionusually of the lungscaused by a fungus, Coccidioides immitis , found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It was discovered in the San Joaquin Valley of California and is also sometimes called "San Joaquin Valley fever," "desert fever," or "desert rheumatism." Valley Fever is very common here in Arizona. We see a lot of infections in June and July and then again in October and November. In California, the "season" for Valley Fever runs from June through November. The fungus lives in the soil, and those most susceptible to infection are farm and construction workers as well as archeologists and others whose jobs involve disturbing the soil and who may inhale the spores. More than 60 percent of all cases are so mild that those infected never feel sick and never know they have Valley Fever. Those who feel bad enough to go to the doctor usually complain of fatigue, cough, chest pain, fever, rash, headache, and joint aches. Most of the time no specific treatment is needed, just plenty of rest. However, I do suggest eating one or two cloves of raw garlic dailygarlic has antibiotic and antifungal properties that may make it useful in counteracting fungal infections such as Valley Fever. You can make raw garlic more palatable by chopping it fine and mixing it with
Extractions: Valley Fever is an infectionusually of the lungscaused by a fungus, Coccidioides immitis , found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It was discovered in the San Joaquin Valley of California and is also sometimes called "San Joaquin Valley fever," "desert fever," or "desert rheumatism." Valley Fever is very common here in Arizona. We see a lot of infections in June and July and then again in October and November. In California, the "season" for Valley Fever runs from June through November. The fungus lives in the soil, and those most susceptible to infection are farm and construction workers as well as archeologists and others whose jobs involve disturbing the soil and who may inhale the spores. More than 60 percent of all cases are so mild that those infected never feel sick and never know they have Valley Fever. Those who feel bad enough to go to the doctor usually complain of fatigue, cough, chest pain, fever, rash, headache, and joint aches. Most of the time no specific treatment is needed, just plenty of rest. However, I do suggest eating one or two cloves of raw garlic dailygarlic has antibiotic and antifungal properties that may make it useful in counteracting fungal infections such as Valley Fever. You can make raw garlic more palatable by chopping it fine and mixing it with food. Or cut a clove into chunks and swallow them whole like pills (remember, a clove is one of the segments of a head or bulb of garlic).
Extractions: MDAdvice.com Home Health Library Pediatric Symptoms and Illnesses Valley fever is an infection caused by a fungus whose spores are found in soil. Valley fever is not contagious from person to person. The upper respiratory tract (including the nose, throat, sinuses, and trachea) and the lymph glands are involved. Appropriate health care includes: self-care after diagnosis; physician's monitoring of general condition and medications; hospitalization (severe cases only). The infection is usually so mild that it produces no symptoms. In a few cases your child's symptoms may be quite severe. They include cough; sore throat; chills and fever; headache; muscle aches; shortness of breath; skin rash; general ill feeling; depression; sweating at night; weight loss; stiff neck (sometimes).
Coccidioidomycosis Alternative Names. Coccidiosis; san joaquin valley fever; Valley fever. Causes,incidence, and risk factors. Infection is caused by inhalation of the http://www.valleybaptist.net/ency/article/001322.htm
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. Acute coccidioidomycosis is rare. In any given year, about 3% of people who live in an area where coccidiomycosis is commonly seen will develop the disease.
Valley Fever (San Joaquin Valley Fever, Coccidioidomycosis) Valley Fever. Alternate Names san joaquin valley fever, Coccidioidomycosis The disease is commonly found in California s San Joaquin Valley, http://www.3-rx.com/valley-fever/default.php
Coccidioidomycosis Alternative Names. Coccidiosis; san joaquin valley fever; Valley fever. Causes.Infection is caused by inhalation of the spores of the fungus, http://www.ehendrick.org/healthy/001322.htm
Extractions: Injury Disease Nutrition Poison ... Prevention Coccidiodomycosis is a disease caused by the spores of the fungus, Coccidioides immitis Coccidiosis; San Joaquin Valley fever; Valley fever 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. Acute coccidioidomycosis is rare. In any given year, about 3% of people who live in an area where coccidiomycosis is commonly seen will develop the disease.
Extractions: NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: Stanford University News Service (415) 723-2558 Lecture to explore role of Stanford doctors treating Valley Fever Drs. Stanley C. Deresinski, clinical professor of medicine at Stanford, and Richard Hector, director of biological sciences at Shaman Pharmaceuticals in South San Francisco, will speak. In the early part of the 20th century, physicians were perplexed about the cause of some cases of lung infection that occurred in people living in the San Joaquin Valley. Then, in 1929, Harold Chope, a Stanford medical student working in a medical school laboratory, accidentally inhaled some fungus spores kept in the lab. His subsequent illness - from which he recovered in a couple of weeks - enabled Stanford faculty physicians to understand that inhaling the spores could cause lung disease. Doctors also recognized the similarity of his case to those in the Valley. In the next decade, Stanford researchers played a key role in identifying locales where the fungus is found in the soil. The geographic distribution of the disease was correlated with the geographic distribution of the fungus spores. -kb- 950213Arc5379.html
Extractions: Advocate, The Air Force Journal of Logistics Air Force Law Review Air Force Speeches ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Medical Mailbox - lysine for shingles, Valley Fever, others questions and answers - Column Saturday Evening Post Sept, 2001 by Cory SerVaas
Extractions: This survey of medical eponyms and the persons behind them is meant as a general interest site only. No information found here must under any circumstances be used for medical purposes, diagnostically, therapeutically or otherwise. If you, or anybody close to you, is affected, or believe to be affected, by any condition mentioned here: see a doctor. A systemic mycosis caused by of dust particles containing arthroconidia of Coccidioides immitis, a dimorphic fungus that thrives in the lower Sonoran Desert ecozone of the Western hemisphere, including Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, parts of central America, Argentina, northwest Mexico, and the San Joaquin valley in California. It may be benign, severe, or fatal. Primary coccidioidomycosis is an acute, self-limiting disease involving only the respiratory organs, while progressive coccidioidomycosis is a chronic, diffuse, granulomatous disease that may involve almost any part of the body. No documented cases of animal-to-human or human-to-human transmission have occurred.
October 2001 Valley Fever (or san joaquin valley fever) is a disease of the lungs that iscommon in the southwestern United States (California, Arizona, West Texas, http://www.landlinemag.com/Archives/2001/Oct2001/Your Health/valley_fever.html
Extractions: October 2001 YOUR HEALTH Common reported symptoms Valley Fever - still a mystery An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 persons develop symptoms of Valley Fever each year in the United States, with 35,000 new infections per year in California alone. In Arizona, the incidence of reported cases was 15 per 100,000 in 1995. Who gets Valley Fever? Most cases of Valley Fever are very mild. Reportedly, more than 60 percent of infected people have either no symptoms or experience flu-like symptoms and never seek medical attention. Of those patients seeking medical care, the most common symptoms are fatigue, cough, chest pain, fever, rash, headache and joint aches. The changes in bones and joints due to Valley Fever infection can be seen on X-rays and in CT-scans of the affected body part. Some people develop painful red bumps on their shins or elsewhere that gradually turn brown. Only 1 to 2 percent develop a disease that spreads (disseminates) to other parts of the body. These symptoms, however, are not unique to Valley Fever and can be caused by other illnesses. Therefore, identifying Valley Fever as the cause of illness requires specific laboratory tests.
Valleyfeversurvivor.com After an outbreak in the 1930s in the San Joaquin Valley of California, nickname san joaquin valley fever, often shortened further to Valley Fever. http://www.valleyfeversurvivor.com/history.html
Extractions: The Endemic Area Maps with Valley Fever History The map below shows areas of the United States in red where mass testing revealed coccidioidomycosis as an endemic disease. It's important to note that A) Two thirds of all VF cases are in Arizona, with Phoenix and Tucson as the two most affected cities E) This mass testing has not been repeated for nearly half a century. The next map shows areas the U.S. Geological Survey has identified as endemic to Coccidioides fungus. Notice the green X at the Dinosaur National Monument site in Utah, far to the north of previously established endemic areas. All ten of the workers at a DNM archeological site on June 19, 2001 became ill with Valley Fever. The exact location of cocci's growth could not be pinpointed for this particular outbreak, but it is suspected to grow near the X. If you visit or live at or near an endemic area to this fungus, pay close attention to the environmental conditions mentioned in our
Coccidioidomycosis Alternative Names. Coccidiosis; san joaquin valley fever; Valley fever In particular, amphotericin B may cause fever, chills, and nausea while it is http://www.shands.org/health/information/article/001322.htm
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. Acute coccidioidomycosis is rare. In any given year, about 3% of people who live in an area where coccidiomycosis is commonly seen will develop the disease.
Coccidioidomycosis is a disease caused by the spores of the fungus, Coccidioides immitis.Alternative Names. Coccidiosis; san joaquin valley fever; Valley fever http://www.healthscout.com/ency/1/001322.html
Extractions: Search HealthScout Web MEDLINE Special Offers TV Specials Chronic Pain Erectile Dysfunction GERD Diabetes ... High Tech Health Top Features Bipolar Disorder Resources Sleep Skin Cancer Migraines ... Diabetes Health Organizer Resources Healthscout News 3D Health Animations Health Videos Health Encyclopedia ... Drug Library Drug Information Drug Search Drug Interactions Image Database Pill Identifier 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.
