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Tetrachloride

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2. I had an acquaintance who was part of national news

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 25, 2022, 09:02 AM

Nov 2022

because someone died of a rare infection.

The medical people had only read of the disease, never witnessed it.

(actually i know of another case which , until recently was unheard of.)

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Expect More Fungal Infections As Their Geographic Ranges Expand. Histoplasmosis, Climate Change [View all] appalachiablue Nov 2022 OP

The ability of your average doctor to diagnose fungal infections is very low bucolic_frolic Nov 2022 #1

I had an acquaintance who was part of national news Tetrachloride Nov 2022 #2

I can believe rarer conditions slip past medical people too often. Some are serious, See #7... appalachiablue Nov 2022 #9

Not to make 3auld6phart Nov 2022 #3

It is serious for me. I am allergic to fungi. wnylib Nov 2022 #8

Thanks for posting, I hear you. These infections & allergies can get serious. #7 appalachiablue Nov 2022 #11

Hopefully Dr's will pay more attention with this news. Ocular/Visual Hisoplasmosis appalachiablue Nov 2022 #7

The last thing we need is more fungus among us Orrex Nov 2022 #4

I lived in the tropics for many years. Yes, fungus thrives there. But it is probably the least Martin68 Nov 2022 #5

Fungal infections suck royally, and are not to be underestimated. DFW Nov 2022 #6

+1 Definitely, not funny. See #7. appalachiablue Nov 2022 #13

My father caught a fungal infection in the Philippines during WWII and it wasn't correctly r/o SoBlueInFL Nov 2022 #10

Too bad & I can believe diagnosis took that at long. Thanks for sharing. #7. appalachiablue Nov 2022 #14

Uh-oh.... Not good. calimary Nov 2022 #12

Good time to try and limit your sugar intake Rural_Progressive Nov 2022 #15