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| Histoplasmosis Pericarditis, a fungal infection from bat or bird | |
| droppings (Bob Dylan was hospitalized for this in 1997) | |
| By: Masked Man Date: November 4, 2025, 8:21 pm | |
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| Histoplasmosis Pericarditis | |
| Source The Mayo Clinic | |
| SUMMARY: | |
| Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by a fungus that's often | |
| found in bird and bat droppings. People get the infection by | |
| breathing in airborne cells, called spores, from the fungus. | |
| These spores often get in the air during demolition, | |
| construction or cleanup projects. | |
| LINK: | |
| https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/histoplasmosis/symptoms-causes/s… | |
| COMMENT: Wear n95 safety mask during cleanup and construction | |
| projects! | |
| & some Bob Dylan trivia... | |
| SUMMARY: (1997) | |
| Bob Dylan is recuperating at his Los Angeles home after being | |
| hospitalized in late May with severe chest pains. A statement | |
| issued by Columbia Records on June 2 said that Dylan was | |
| undergoing treatment for histoplasmosis pericarditis, | |
| Source.The Rolling Stone | |
| LINK: | |
| https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dylan-recovers-from-heart-ailment… | |
| moreover... | |
| Insights on Covid‐19 with superimposed pulmonary | |
| histoplasmosis: The possible nexus | |
| Source: NIH 2023 Sep 29 | |
| SUMMARY: | |
| In addition, Covid‐19 may enhance the propagation of acute | |
| pulmonary histoplasmosis due to lung injury and inflammation, | |
| and using corticosteroids in severely affected Covid‐19 | |
| patients may reactivate latent pulmonary histoplasmosis. | |
| LINK: | |
| https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10540147/ | |
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