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To find a
Certified
Mould Inspector or Remediator in Canada,
or to be trained & certified as a mould inspection, testing,
remediation, and prevention expert, please visit:
Mould
Professional.
For in depth
information about the health effects of exposure to toxic mould
and
how to diagnose and treat mould illnesses, read our new book
Mould Health Guide.
Mould-Caused Skin Diseases
Mould
causes dozens of serious skin diseases. This page explains one
mould-caused skin disease [popularly known as "Valley Fever"] that
has afflicted millions of people living in southwestern United
States. This explanation and the photo's below are from the
excellent book
The Fifth Kingdom by
Bryce Kendrick ---
Coccidioidomycosis is a nasty tongue-twister of a name,
often contracted to 'coccy', for the disease caused by
Coccidioides immitis. This fungus thrives in dry, saline
soils, and is endemic in desert areas of the Southwestern U.S.,
where the disease is often called 'valley fever,' and Mexico
(though it is strangely absent from the deserts of Africa and
Asia). The process of infection, progress of the disease, and
clinical symptoms, are very similar to those of histoplasmosis,
though the fungus is not intracellular, and forms spherical
structures containing spores. In culture, the same fungus produces
chains of alternate thallic-arthric conidia, and has no known
teleomorph. Millions of people in the U.S. Southwest have
contracted the disease. Fortunately, as in histoplasmosis,
most cases are benign, and healing is spontaneous. A few become
systemic, and are usually fatal if untreated or misdiagnosed. The
disseminated form of this disease is more common among males than
females, and among people with darkly pigmented skin.
The year 2001 has seen an interesting outbreak of this disease
in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah. Ten people who had been
working at a 'dig' developed acute respiratory coccoidioidomycosis
within two weeks of exposure. All were treated with
fluconazole, with an average hospital stay of 1.5 days, and
released apparently none the worse for their experience. New
regulations for digs at Dinosaur call for watering down of the
soil before digging, and use of approved respirators (N95).
For more information and to learn more about this event, please
visit the web site:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5045a1.htm
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