Valley fever
Read this article scared the******out of me, is it that bad? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/01/20/140120fa_fact_goodyear?currentPage=all
Forum Discussion
A friend here in Tucson died from Valley Fever 4 years ago. She was in great health otherwise, but loved to garden and contacted the spores that way. Yes, it can be very serious and fatal.
Statistics
The Valley Fever Center for Excellence estimates there are about 150,000 cocci infections a year in people, with one-third resulting in a possibly lengthy respiratory illness (i.e., an illness requiring medical attention). Yet only a fraction of those cases are correctly diagnosed and reported.
In 2012, there were 12,958 confirmed cases of Coccidioidomycosis in Arizona. It is second only to Chlamydia (a sexually transmitted disease) as the most reported infectious disease in the state, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Infectious Disease Services.
In Pima County there were about 1500 laboratory-confirmed cases of cocci in 2012, according to Michael Acoba, Pima County Health Department Epidemiology Program Manager.
“We think about 400 people a year in Arizona get a serious illness due to cocci,” says John Galgiani, M.D.
Statistics
The Valley Fever Center for Excellence estimates there are about 150,000 cocci infections a year in people, with one-third resulting in a possibly lengthy respiratory illness (i.e., an illness requiring medical attention). Yet only a fraction of those cases are correctly diagnosed and reported.
In 2012, there were 12,958 confirmed cases of Coccidioidomycosis in Arizona. It is second only to Chlamydia (a sexually transmitted disease) as the most reported infectious disease in the state, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Infectious Disease Services.
In Pima County there were about 1500 laboratory-confirmed cases of cocci in 2012, according to Michael Acoba, Pima County Health Department Epidemiology Program Manager.
“We think about 400 people a year in Arizona get a serious illness due to cocci,” says John Galgiani, M.D.
