>

A lot folks are making jokes but Valley Fever is a miserable disease.  Many people who catch it never fully get over it.  If this keeps spreading we are going to need better anti fungal drugs.
I had it in 2004. Lost part of my right lung and spent 28 days in a coma.
Would not recommend. >

Damn!! Sorry to hear, glad you pulled through!! >

Partially anyway >

Great. Linked to wildfires, too. I got "Valley Fever" in Oceanside about 20 years ago, just hanging out on the beach with an offshore wind. Construction and soil disturbance and spread the spores. >

Wow. That seriously sucks, I’m sorry that happened to you! >

Steroids worked; not sure how that functions, but that knocked it right out.  Wish the doctor had tried that sooner. >

Steroids should do the opposite in a fungal infection. They should (do) suppress the immune system. >

Call the doctors and let them know. >

I am a doctor. >

Call the better ones then, whaddaya what? >

“ Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed...” >

but doc, i am a fungus!