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Histoplasmosis - Coggle Diagram
Histoplasmosis
Signs and symptoms
Headache
Fever and Chills
Chest pains
Fatigue
Cough
Body ache
Diagnostic test
Chest X ray
CT scan
Urine sample
Blood sample
Risk factors
Organ transplan
people taking corticosteroids
Weak immune system
Nursing care
Put patient in semi-fowlers position.
Elevate head of the bed
Tepid sponge bath
Treatment
fluconazole
Amphotericin B
Itraconazole
Pathophysilogy
Neutrophils, lymphocytes ,microphages and natural killer cells attracted in response to infection
Histoplasma microconidia inhaled into the lungs and change to yeast
Definition
A lung infection caused by fungus
Causes
Breathing in spores of fungus found in birds droppings