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تعريف

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that often causes a respiratory illness.

أسباب

Histoplasmosis is caused by infection with a fungus. Humans become infected by exposure to bird and bat droppings.

عوامل الخطر

Factors that increases your chance of getting histoplasmosis include:

• Having a job that puts you in contact with bird or bat droppings (such as an aviary)
• Being involved in activities that put you in contact with bird or bat droppings (such as cave exploration)
• Keeping birds as pets
• Living along river valleys
• Living in Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, or Tennessee
• Living in eastern Canada, Mexico, Central or South America, parts of the Caribbean, southeast Asia, or Africa
• Having recently traveled to a location where histoplasmosis is common
• Having a medical condition that weakens your immune system (especially HIV)

الأعراض

Many patients may not have any symptoms.

قد تشمل الأعراض ما يلي:

• ضعف
• الصداع
• Achy muscles
• الم المفاصل
• حمى
• قشعريرة
• Malaise (a feeling of discomfort or uneasiness)
• Hemoptysis (spitting out blood)
• ألم في الصدر
• سعال
• ضيق في التنفس
• فقدان الوزن
• Mouth sores
• تضخم الكبد والطحال
• Skin rashes
• فقدان البصر

التشخيص

سوف يسألك الطبيب عن الأعراض والتاريخ الطبي. اختبار فيزياء سوف يتم.

قد تشمل الاختبارات ما يلي:

• تحاليل الدم
• Blood culture
• Sputum culture
• Pulmonary function test
• Skin testing
• Urine antigen testing
• X-rays of chest and/or abdomen
• Bone marrow tests