Valley Fever, an airborne fungal disease that can permanently cripple someone and has no cure or vac - Polidicks

[QUOTE=person11;40636470]I bet it has to do with poverty maybe? Inequality in society leading to unequal living conditions meaning some people are more likely to catch the thing than others?[/QUOTE] But... [quote]The median household income of Filipino Americans is $74,983 (US Census Bureau, 2008a) and this is 25% more than the national average. The poverty rate of Filipino Americans is less than half that of the national total population.[/quote] If that's the case I don't understand the correlation with Filipinos

I live in AZ and got this when I was really young, apparently I still have a small marble sized lump of dormant valley fever spores somewhere in my lungs.

This seems like something straight out of the Stargate series.

Oh man, guys, I'm going to California this summer and now I'm terrified of getting my shit wrecked by fucking fungus.

posting from arizona fuck my life

I'm a bit unclear on how to get this. Is it from physical contact or through airborne substances? And if so, should I be weary to go outside since I live in southern California?

Quickly, dispose of the nano-machines for a cure!

This sounds kinda scary; thankfully the symptoms DON'T include having a mushroom emerge from the back of your head and release it's deadly spores into the air. Truly a horrible fungal infection; I hope they find a true cure for it soon.

[QUOTE=Blanketspace;40638193]I live in AZ and got this when I was really young, apparently I still have a small marble sized lump of dormant valley fever spores somewhere in my lungs.[/QUOTE] One day it will awaken, and you shall become one with the fungus, as they will take over you, and you will become the living embodiment of the Valley Fever, with the ultimate mission of infecting all of mankind and consume everything in a tide of laziness and coughing. [editline]14th May 2013[/editline] The king of spades

Arizona Now i'm not sure if allergies or valley fever

I hate how life threatening diseases like this have common symptoms that cause them to be recognized too late.

That sounds awful; it makes me want to visit the doctor more regularly; especially when something isn't going away after a week or so.

[QUOTE=_Kent_;40636360]The local news here in AZ doesn't really even care about this anymore. I remember it being a very big deal a few years ago, along with West Nile Virus and killer bees. Not saying this isn't dangerous, just that people are forgetting already.[/QUOTE] Why/how/why in the fuck would you just "forget" about something terrible? It's a serious problem.

[QUOTE=Dantai;40639777]Arizona Now i'm not sure if allergies or valley fever[/QUOTE] LOL YOUR SCREWED!!!!!!!!!!

[QUOTE=ironman17;40639552]This sounds kinda scary; thankfully the symptoms DON'T include having a mushroom emerge from the back of your head and release it's deadly spores into the air.[/QUOTE] Oh god, cordyceps that affected humans would be the most terrifying thing... [video=youtube;XuKjBIBBAL8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8[/video]

[QUOTE=Glitch360;40635717][url]http://applicants.mars-one.com/[/url] fuck you earth, im sick and tired of your shit[/QUOTE] In before Mars Zombies, Space faring Octopus and mansized Venus flytraps from Venus

[QUOTE=person11;40635864]This is the first reason besides earthquakes I have ever not wanted to be in Los Angeles.[/QUOTE] But the earthquakes are fun.

[QUOTE=Falcqn;40640576]Oh god, cordyceps that affected humans would be the most terrifying thing... [video=youtube;XuKjBIBBAL8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8[/video][/QUOTE] Isn't this basically the premise for The Last of Us?

[QUOTE=Dantai;40639777]Arizona Now i'm not sure if allergies or valley fever[/QUOTE] Valley allergies.