10 Coccidioidomycosis Symptoms
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Chronic and Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Symptoms
Coccidioidomycosis can last a few weeks or a few months. Sometimes, it becomes chronic or a serious widespread infection. Symptoms may include a low-grade fever, chronic cough and weight loss. The lungs may produce blood-tinged sputum, and lung nodules may appear.
Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is the most serious form of the disease. Symptoms may include a rash with ulcers and painful lesions on the skull, spine or other bones. Meningitis, an infection of the brain and spinal cord, may also occur.1’Valley fever.’ Mayo Clinic. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/valley-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20378761,2Thompson G. ’Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.’ Seminars in Respiratory Critical Care Medicine. 2011. www.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22167403
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