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Coccidioidomycosis - Symptom

Alternative Names

San Joaquin Valley fever; Valley fever

Symptoms:

Symptoms of coccidioidomycosis can include:

Blood-tinged sputum
Change in mental status
Chest pain (can vary from a mild sense of constriction to severe pain, may get worse when taking a deep breath)
Chills
Cough
Fever
Headache
Joint stiffness
Loss of appetite
Muscle aches
Muscle stiffness
Neck stiffness or shoulder stiffness
Night sweats
Rash, may be painful, red nodules on lower legs (erythema nodosum)
Sensitivity to light
Sweating, excessive
Weight loss
Wheezing

Additional symptoms associated with this disease:

Signs and tests:

Coccidioidomycosis - chest X-ray

Pulmonary nodule - front view chest X-ray

Reviewed last on: 12/3/2008
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Galgiani, JN. Coccidioidomycosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. <i>Cecil Medicine</i>. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 354.

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