China citizens in Phoenix, USA suffer from valley fever. What is valley fever?

Valley fever is a disease caused by coccidiosis. When coccidiosis in the air is inhaled into the lungs, it may develop into "valley fever" because the initial symptoms are not obvious and the probability of misjudgment and misdiagnosis is high. If the disease is not diagnosed, treated and controlled in time, it may deteriorate rapidly and even endanger life.

The United States reports about 6.5438 million cases of "valley fever" every year, most of which occur in Arizona and California.

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Symptoms of valley fever infection:

Most people who are exposed to coccidiosis will not have any symptoms. Others generally have symptoms of cold-like valley fever 1-3 weeks after inhalation of coccidiosis, and most of them will recover within weeks or months. About 5- 10% patients may develop serious or chronic lung diseases, and about 1% patients may develop from the lungs to other organs or central nervous system.

The main symptoms of valley fever are fatigue, fatigue, cough, fever, shortness of breath, headache, night sweat, muscle or joint pain, rash on the upper body or legs, etc. In some cases, the symptoms of valley fever may be mild, periodic fatigue, dry cough and low fever, which can easily be mistaken for the stress of life;

The decrease of resistance caused by coccidiosis is actually a manifestation of the continuous invasion of pathogenic coccidiosis into internal organs. When this invasion lasts for several months, it will eventually lead to severe septic shock and multiple organ failure in a short time.

Baidu encyclopedia-valley fever

People's Daily Online-Consulate General of China in Los Angeles reminds China citizens to pay attention to the prevention and control of "valley fever"