So I guess we will not be seeing you much anymore. You certainly appear to not need this forum at all.

Good luck to you and your family.

Our friend was in Arizona and got Valley Fever.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/val...ction=symptoms

It was absolutely awful for her. She was terribly sick and just laying around most of the time. She had bumps and lumps on her ankles for one thing. Hard to describe what she looked like. She had pretty much all of the serious things.

The doctor there who should have known about it did not even think of it. That's awful as the doctors down there are and should be aware of it. He figured she had the flu. Oh no, she did not. It wasn't until she got home - way up in the northern U.S that the doctor there knew that's what it was. She had treatment and finally was done with it and it took a long time. She was lucky that she did not die. And that's not stretching it at all.

They have been going to AZ for many years. We also went there for quite a few years. Luckily we never got that. And AZ is not the only place that it can happen. Of course not everyone is in contact with the fungus. However, they have been building and building down there and digging up dirt as they build. So it isn't strange that this can and does happen.

This is not at all to say that Sue has this.

We've been a few times. I hadn't heard of it until one year we thought of taking ol' furface with us, and I read about it on a pet forum. That got me looking into it further. I have an aunt in AZ who I later found out contracted it while installing her own sprinkler system, but she didn't get it as bad as your friend (though it still took a few months of antibiotics). Disturbing the ground is often an impetus - stirring up those spores. The Wiki article has figures on incidence & severity.

One trip we looked at new homes, and I was concerned about the dust we were exposed to, so I got tested when I got home - negative.

Doc

It is in Cal. too. We lived there for 8 years. When I got VERY ill with CFS, I was tested. All was fine. Docs were clueless about CFS. I finally found good ones.

The fungus thrives in alkaline desert soils anywhere such as in southern AZ, northern Mexico, Nevada and California's San Joaquin Valley. It is also endemic to New Mexico, Texas and parts of Central and South America - areas with mild winters and summers.


http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/val...SECTION=causes

Well here its humid climate here. I will mention this to my doctor.

mrsD- l never said that l will not come here again. How could you say that?

Not sure how you managed to get that interpretation.
You are just putting words into my mouth. Please don't try and guess what l am thinking.

I am very pleased with this forum and you have all been very helpful, so l just can't believe you would think that. I have a lot to deal with at the present so please try to understand.

Sue

We have a fungus that lives in the Mississippi valley soils called histoplasmosis. I believe it is transported by birds and bats. Humans can catch it. It has nothing to do with PN jut thought y'all might be interested.