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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Other names: Allergic alveolitis, bagpipe lung, extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) High magnification photomicrograph of a lung biopsy taken showing chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (), showing mild thickening of the walls of the small air sacs by invasion of white blood cells.
Asymptomatic lung infection is common, with fewer than 5% of infected individuals developing clinical disease. [10] It can occur as a mouth and skin type, lymphangitic type, multi-organ involvement type (particularly lungs), or mixed type. [1] [6] If there are mouth ulcers or skin lesions, the disease is likely to be widespread. [1]
The species Blastomyces percursus causes many cases of blastomycosis in Africa and the Middle East. [14] In Africa, blastomycosis may also be caused by Blastomyces emzantsi, which is often associated with infections outside the lungs. [22] In endemic areas, Blastomyces dermatitidis lives in soil and rotten wood near lakes and rivers. Although ...
Infections are generally mild, and people may seem better than expected for those with a lung infection, hence the term walking pneumonia, the CDC said. Sometimes serious complications, however ...
Flooding in houses causes a unique opportunity for mold growth, which may be attributed to adverse health effects in people exposed to the mold, especially children and adolescents. In a study on the health effects of mold exposure after hurricanes Katrina and Rita , the predominant types of mold were Aspergillus , Penicillium , and ...
A fungus ball in the lungs may cause no symptoms and may be discovered only with a chest X-ray, or it may cause repeated coughing up of blood, chest pain, and occasionally severe, even fatal, bleeding. [2] A rapidly invasive Aspergillus infection in the lungs often causes cough, fever, chest pain, and difficulty breathing. [citation needed]
Other names: Mycetoma, fungus ball, moldy lungs: Aspergillomas complicating tuberculosis: multiple aspergillomas within large cavitary lesions of tuberculous origin. Specialty: Infectious disease: Causes: Aspergillus fungal infection: Diagnostic method: Chest x-ray show tumour like opacity. Serology can be helpful.
Lung transplantation to replace the damaged lung tissue is the most effective treatment, but is associated with severe risks of its own from the lung transplant surgery as well as from consequences of long-term immunosuppression (e.g., opportunistic infections).