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Bird fancier's lung (BFL), also known as bird breeder's lung, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. It can cause shortness of breath , fever , dry cough , chest pain , anorexia and weight loss , fatigue , and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (the most serious complication).
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) or extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) is a syndrome caused by the repetitive inhalation of antigens from the environment in susceptible or sensitized people. [1] [2] Common antigens include molds, bacteria, bird droppings, bird feathers, agricultural dusts, bioaerosols and chemicals from paints or plastics. [3]
[2] [3] Symptoms of this infection vary greatly, but the disease affects primarily the lungs. [4] Occasionally, other organs are affected; called disseminated histoplasmosis, it can be fatal if left untreated. H. capsulatum is found in soil, often associated with decaying bat guano or bird droppings. Disruption of soil from excavation or ...
Cancer patient Gail Armstrong, 73, died in January 2019 after she was diagnosed with cryptococcus, a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings, in late autumn the previous year while being ...
It is believed the patients contracted the Cryptococcus infection after the droppings somehow made their way into a non-public room containing machinery. Two people have died after pigeon dropping ...
The disease is caused by the Pigeon pox virus. It can be transmitted by droplet infection from one animal to another, or more commonly through infected insects or the digestion of contaminated food or water. [1] There is a live viral vaccine available for Pigeon pox virus (ATCvet code: QI01ED01 ).
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It is caused by the fungi Cryptococcus neoformans or less commonly Cryptococcus gattii, and is acquired by breathing in the spores from the air. [4] These fungi are found globally in soil, decaying wood, pigeon droppings, and in the hollows of some species of trees.