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Fungal Lung Infection
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How and where do you get this fungal lung infection?
This is the body system affected.
Prevention
Symptoms
By inhaling fungal spores in the air.
Northern United States and Southern Canada, where the fungus lives in soil near river beds.
There is no vaccine to prevent this fungal lung infection.
Avoid wooded areas where fungus is present. Also, avoid areas with moist soil and or rotting vegetation.
Initial- fever, chills, sweating, chest pains, difficulty breathing, hacking cough
Advanced- fungus can spread to other parts of the body, affecting: skin (bumbs), tissue surrounding bones (swollen), spinal cord (fungal meningitis), brain (headache and confusion)
This is what B. dermatitidis looks like on an x-ray.
Youtube Video
Blastomycosis dermatitidis
Prognosis
Most heal within 6-12 months with treatment. Without treatment the lung infection worsens, but it rarely leads to death.
Life Expectancy: Normal after healing
Works Cited
Classification:
Eukarya
Fungi
Ascomycota
Incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
Blastomycosis
dermatitidis
www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/blastmycosis/risk-prevention.html
www.merkmanuals.com/infectiond/fungal-infections/blastomycosis#v78772
austincc.edu/microbio/29932/bd.htm
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YWgfVL172Es
Microorganism
Treatment
Initial- start anti-fungal drugs like Itraconazle.
Long term- in severe cases, Amphotericin B. is given in a hospital through a vain drip.