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Potentially deadly fungus spreading in U.S. and Canada
Reuters ^
| April 22, 2010
| Eric Beech
Posted on 04/23/2010 2:17:33 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: hinckley buzzard
Fungal infections are prevalent in various climates but often present chronic low level symptoms. An example is coccidioidomycosis, endemic in the Southwest desert, commonly known as “valley fever,” and affecting a large proportion of the population. Nobody dies from it, but it never completely goes away either.
Not exactly. People do die from it.
“In 2007, there were 36 deaths due to valley fever, and the mortality rate was 0.6 deaths per 100,000 population.”
From the Arizona Valley fever Report of 2007 - these 36 deaths were in Arizona only.
http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/oids/epi/pdf/VF_Annual_Report_2007.pdf
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posted on
04/23/2010 3:02:02 PM PDT
by
az_gila
(AZ - one Governor down... we don't want her back...)
To: verum ago
"I guess the best analogy would be West Nile- its not the end of the world, but it is here to stay, and it will get some people, just not many." Some think it was WNV that killed Alexander The Great.
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posted on
04/23/2010 3:02:55 PM PDT
by
blam
To: La Enchiladita
Not quite twenty years ago I lived in the Northwest. Had a really dirty, hot, nasty job for several years in an OSB plant. Picked up a fungal ear infection. The docs kept treating me for a viral infection, which helped not at all. Finally one of them figured it out and treated me appropriately. Seriously, I thought I was going to die.
To: Jack Hydrazine
Did it originate in Kenya?
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posted on
04/23/2010 3:04:57 PM PDT
by
353FMG
(What can Islam possibly contribute to America other than its destruction?)
To: EternalVigilance
Diagnosis is the true art of medicine. A good diagnostician is what you want!!
To: CholeraJoe
A mortality rate of 33% isn’t something to sneeze at.
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posted on
04/23/2010 3:07:55 PM PDT
by
muleskinner
("You know the Germans always make good stuff')
To: La Enchiladita
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posted on
04/23/2010 3:11:31 PM PDT
by
chicagolady
(Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
To: La Enchiladita
Great.
I’m going on vacation to southern Vancouver Island next week, where the fungus has been for 10 years. And I’m going for the camping and hiking, so I’ll be right in the middle.
Sure hope this thing doesn’t release the spores until summer.
To: La Enchiladita
Statement: "Potentially deadly fungus spreading in U.S. and Canada"
Response: I wonder in what Third World Hell Hole this one developed?
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posted on
04/23/2010 3:15:11 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Another CIA creation. Bush’s fault.
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posted on
04/23/2010 3:17:37 PM PDT
by
muleskinner
("You know the Germans always make good stuff')
To: CholeraJoe
> 21 cases, 6 deaths. Hardly the Black Death.
Exactly!
Let me know when several percent of the population have it. Then I’ll worry.
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posted on
04/23/2010 3:18:12 PM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(Socialism, socialism, we don't need no stinkin' socialism.)
To: La Enchiladita
My mom always said, Robitussin cures everything.
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posted on
04/23/2010 3:29:22 PM PDT
by
hondo1951
(i live in happy valley, but i'm not happy, BUT I'M TRYING)
To: La Enchiladita
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:03:21 PM PDT
by
John 3_19-21
(Thank God the tomb is empty!)
To: DonaldC
"I have heard a lot about fungus infections that can cause a myriad of health concerns, but I rarely hear about it from mainstream doctors, usually from people who see alternative medicine folks." It's for real. I had systemic Candidiasis and it was causing a multitude of health problems. My primary care physician (regular MD, but with an interest in holistic approaches) prescribed Nystatin and Diflucan. The Diflucan did for the major overt symptoms, but it took several YEARS to totally heal from it.
The probable cause was from taking too many antibiotics for too long because of sinus infections. Killed off the "beneficial buggies" that normally live in the GI tract and allows the Candida to get established and grow. If you need to take a long course of antibiotics, be darned sure to also take active acidophilus culture capsules.
To: muleskinner
If only everyone had health care coverage, this would not have happened.
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:23:26 PM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
To: Wonder Warthog
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:24:53 PM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
To: vox_freedom
"Or probiotics. Same stuff, different name. I try to get brands that have as many different types of flora as possible.
To: La Enchiladita
Bath tubs still kill more.
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:46:06 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
To: La Enchiladita
YAWN...
Oh, I guess we’re supposed to panic and look for the Kenyan to come riding in to save us.
Seriously, we may have to declare Martial Law and suspend elections indefinately!
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posted on
04/23/2010 7:07:35 PM PDT
by
Artcore
To: La Enchiladita
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:31:59 PM PDT
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djf
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