At a glance
- When Ken first got sick, he thought he had the flu. After a week, he wasn't getting better. He went to two hospitals before doctors diagnosed him with histoplasmosis.
- Mauricio believed he had a cold, until his symptoms worsened. Then, he lost sight in his right eye. It took almost a month for Mauricio to be diagnosed with histoplasmosis.
Ken's story
At first, Ken thought he had the flu. The coughing and weakness had quickly progressed to chills, a high fever, appetite loss, and trouble breathing. After a week, he wasn't getting better, and Ken began to worry that he had something worse than the flu. The answer turned out to be something he could not have imagined.
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Ken's Story: Histoplasmosis
Mauricio's story
One night, Mauricio started having fever and body aches. Mauricio, a doctor at a Colombian hospital, figured he just had a cold. But two days later, he was worse, with chills, a headache, a cough, and swollen lymph nodes in his neck. Within a week, he started feeling better. Then his mysterious illness took an unusual turn: Mauricio suddenly lost sight in his right eye.
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Mauricio's Story: Histoplasmosis