I contracted this or a variation of it in 2010 digging in 5 Mouth Cave... I spent time in the hospital... They treated me like I had Histoplasmosis... I responded well to the antibiotics.... But without the treatment. .. I was going downhill quickly... I would have been dead within a few days. I now have limited lung capacity... scaring shows up and looks like spider webs on my lung xrays... Bill On Sep 14, 2014 2:37 PM, "Julia Germany via Texascavers" < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
> As a member of AGI, I received this press release. Until now, I have > never heard of Valley Fever. I am curious if any of you out there have any > experience/knowledge about it. > > julia > > germa...@aol.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AGI Public Relations <outre...@agiweb.org> > To: germanyj <germa...@aol.com> > Sent: Wed, Sep 10, 2014 2:15 pm > Subject: EARTH: Valley Fever an Occupational Hazard for Geoscientists > > Contact: Megan Sever (mse...@earthmagazine.org) > > For Immediate Release > > EARTH: Valley Fever an Occupational Hazard for Geoscientists > > Alexandria, Va. - Valley Fever - a sometimes-fatal infection with no known > cure > and no vaccine - is caused by a soilborne fungus that thrives in the hot, dry > soils of the southwestern U.S., Mexico and Central and South America. However, > recent reports of infections far outside the endemic area indicate the fungus > is > either spreading or becoming active in new areas. The disease is contracted > through inhalation of fungal spores, which can be aerosolized by soil > disturbances from construction, excavation, gardening and landscaping, as well > as natural events like dust storms, earthquakes, landslides and wildfires. > Geoscientists working in the field need to take precautions against > contracting > the disease. > > Scientists say that little is currently known about the fungus' preferred > geology and how a changing climate might be affecting its spread. Read more > about where the disease has been found, current research on the disease and > how > to protect yourself in the field in the September issue of EARTH > Magazine:http://bit.ly/1l1mi21. > > For more stories about the science of our planet, check out EARTH magazine > online or subscribe at www.earthmagazine.org. The September issue, now > available > on the digital newsstand, features stories about floating nuclear plants > potentially being safer from tsunamis than land-based plants, natural arsenic > levels exceeding regulatory standards in Ohio, and the new literary genre of > "Cli-Fi," stories about the future of humanity living under an altered > climate, > plus much, much more. > > ### > > Keep up to date with the latest happenings in Earth, energy and environment > news > with EARTH magazine online at http://www.earthmagazine.org/. Published by the > American Geosciences Institute, EARTH is your source for the science behind > the > headlines. > > ### > > The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of 49 > geoscientific > and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, > geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides > information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests > in > the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and > strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in > society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction > with > the environment. > > # # # > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > >
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