Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site mtuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtuxn!fjpls From: fjpls@mtuxn.UUCP (P.STEVENS) Newsgroups: net.med,net.followup Subject: RE: Viral infections (San Joaquin Valley Fever) Message-ID: <626@mtuxn.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 11:37:48 EDT Article-I.D.: mtuxn.626 Posted: Thu Aug 22 11:37:48 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 15:23:42 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel NJ Lines: 30 Xref: watmath net.med:2148 net.followup:5222 Newsgroups: net.followup,net.med Subject: Re: Viral infections (San Joaquin Valley Fever). Reply-To: fjpls@mtuxn.UUCP (01275-P.STEVENS) Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Freehold, New Jersey Keywords: In articlepaul@phs.UUCP (Paul C. Dolber) writes: > >> .... >Coccidiodomycosis (aka "valley fever" or "San Joaquin [Valley] fever") >is indeed a fungal infection, acquired by inhalation of Coccidioides >immitis (in dust, esp. in SW USA and Chaco district of Argentina). >> ... This fungus is even more insidious then you can imagine. Several years ago my mother had an operation to remove a growth (tumor?) from her lung. The doctors found that the growth was caused by a fungus found only in one of the valley areas in California (probably San Joaqin but I can't be certain now)! What is so insidious is THE LAST TIME MY MOTHER HAD BEEN TO CALIFORNIA WAS > 15 YEARS PREVIOUS. Apparently you can inhale the fungus and it can just hang around inertly in your body till it makes up its mind to do something nasty (maybe never). WHAT A TIMEBOMB! The doctors said that there are also a couple of other equally nasty fungi which frequent other regions of the country. Given my mother's problem, I wonder whether the population of those regions know the danger. Try not to thing too hard about it - it will keep you up at night. Paul Steven - mtuxn!fjpls