A Fungal Disease

Mr. WattMr. Watt

Mod 1/2/5Mod 1/2/5

Fever

Valley FeverValley Fever

Symptoms of the Valley FeverSymptoms of the Valley Fever Cough Cough (can be chronic and severe)(can be chronic and severe) Chest painChest pain Fatigue Fatigue FeverFever RashRash HeadacheHeadache Joint aches Joint aches

Tough to diagnose because of so many common symptoms with other diseases

1. (Harms M.D.) What your in-text citation should look like on each slide

Characteristics of the Valley FeverCharacteristics of the Valley Fever

Often misdiagnosed as Often misdiagnosed as cancer, tuberculosis, or cancer, tuberculosis, or bacterial pneumoniabacterial pneumonia

Usually starts in lungs Usually starts in lungs

and can spread to virtually and can spread to virtually

any part of bodyany part of body

2. (Filip, and Filip)What your in-text citation should look like on each slide

Contracting the diseaseContracting the disease At risk Population:At risk Population:30-60% of population in desert 30-60% of population in desert

southwest: S. Calif, Arizona, NM, southwest: S. Calif, Arizona, NM, Texas, Nevada, UtahTexas, Nevada, Utah

FarmersFarmers Construction workersConstruction workers Farmers Farmers Military personnel Military personnel Archaeologists Archaeologists Anyone who might disturb soil Anyone who might disturb soil People with weak immune People with weak immune

systems (i.e. HIV)systems (i.e. HIV) PetsPets 2. (Filip, and Filip)

Contracting the diseaseContracting the disease Soil containing valley fever fungus is Soil containing valley fever fungus is

disturbed by construction, natural disasters, disturbed by construction, natural disasters, or wind, or wind,

Fungus spores get into air. Fungus spores get into air. People breathe in the spores and get valley People breathe in the spores and get valley

fever. fever. Disease is not spread from person to person.Disease is not spread from person to person.

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Testing for the diseaseTesting for the disease

Specific blood test which measures the Specific blood test which measures the level of antibodies to the fungus level of antibodies to the fungus

How contagious is Valley Fever to How contagious is Valley Fever to the public ?the public ?

Not spread person to personNot spread person to person No problem going back out into the publicNo problem going back out into the public

Seriousness of the diseaseSeriousness of the disease

Duration: months to Duration: months to more than a yearmore than a year

Persons frequently Persons frequently complain of fatigue complain of fatigue and joint aches and joint aches lasting months. lasting months.

Chronic forms may Chronic forms may come and go for come and go for years years

Seriousness of the diseaseSeriousness of the disease

Effects without treatment:Effects without treatment: Before antifungal medications, at least 95% of Before antifungal medications, at least 95% of

patients got better without any treatment. patients got better without any treatment.

Long Term Side Effects: Long Term Side Effects: Lung abscesses (pus pockets) can be difficult to Lung abscesses (pus pockets) can be difficult to

treat. treat. If infection spreads throughout the body, causing If infection spreads throughout the body, causing

lesions in the bones and other organs –lesions in the bones and other organs – mortality rate can reach 60%. mortality rate can reach 60%.

Prevention/ Conventional Prevention/ Conventional treatmentstreatments

No real way to prevent the infectionNo real way to prevent the infection

  Conventional Treatments:Conventional Treatments: Bed rest and fever-reducing medicationsBed rest and fever-reducing medications In more severe cases, fungus-killing In more severe cases, fungus-killing

medications may be used medications may be used

No known resistanceNo known resistance to antifungal treatmentsto antifungal treatments

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BibliographyBibliography (1) (1) Harms M.D., Roger, ed. "Valley fever." . Mayo Clinic, 06 2012. Web. 11

Dec 2012. <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/valley-fever/DS00695/DSECTION=symptoms>.

(2) Filip, David , and Sharon Filip. "Symptoms of Valley Fever."

Valley Fever Survivor ®, n.d. Web. 13 Dec 2012.

<http://www.valleyfeversurvivor.com/symptoms.html>.

This is a partial Bilbiography that I did 2 years after doing the original power point without any citations