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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.
EACH SLIDE NEEDS AN IN-TEXT CITATION
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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That’s All Folks!!That’s All Folks!!
Are there any questions????Are there any questions????
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