What Is Valley Fever?
8. How Is Valley Fever Diagnosed?
An internet search for flu-like symptoms that won’t go away can bring you to several conclusions, only one of which is valley fever. When you go to your doctor’s appointment, make sure that you mention that you have been to an area where the fungus lives so that he or she knows to test you for coccidioidomycosis.
When faced with the possibility of valley fever, doctors will typically order a chest x-ray to see if nodules are present in the lungs. They may also perform a blood test or take cultures from the skin rash or sputum caused by the illness.
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