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Anyone out there diagnosed with disseminated histoplasmosis?
Infectious Diseases | Last Active: Aug 26, 2020 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
@kjwestphal5, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You'll notice that I moved your message to this existing discussion about histoplasmosis. I did this so you can connect with @susan5051 @rosemarya @memw and others who have experience with this infection.
According to the Mayo article https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/infectious-diseases-a-z-who-is-at-risk-of-histoplasmosis-infection/, for those who develop symptoms, they usually appear three to 17 days after exposure and may include fever, chest pain, fatigue, chills, dry cough or body aches.
Complications from histoplasmosis are more likely to develop in infants, the elderly or those with weakened immune systems. Does your son fit into any of those categories? Does he work with soil?
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My son is a very healthy 21 year old going to college in Iowa. He worked out everyday. He lives in an apartment and works at a bank. The pressure from the mass is his only symptom. They told us he had lymphoma at first then realized it was actually histoplasmosis. They gave him strong pain pills and sent us home. We had to insist he needed to see an infectious disease doctor who then started him on his antifungal 6 weeks ago. I think it could take a while for his body to absorb the large mass in his chest. It makes it hard for him to breath. Plus, he is so fearful of COVID-19 now he doesn’t leave his apartment.