desert rheumatism

Thân thiện

A patient is diagnosed with desert rheumatism after a chest X-ray.

Definition

Noun: - A fungal infection: Desert rheumatism is a medical term for a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides species, primarily affecting the lungs and sometimes the skin. It is characterized by respiratory symptoms and may involve the formation of nodules.

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Examples

Advanced Usage

• Medical Context: The term is used almost exclusively in medical and epidemiological contexts to describe the condition formally known as coccidioidomycosis or Valley fever.
  • The study focused on the incidence of desert rheumatism in agricultural workers.

Variants and Related Words

• Coccidioidomycosis (n): The formal medical name for the disease.
  • Coccidioidomycosis, or Valley fever, starts as a respiratory infection.
• Valley fever (n): A common name for the same infection.
  • Valley fever is another name for desert rheumatism.

Synonyms

• Coccidioidomycosis: The technical synonym.
• Valley fever: A colloquial synonym, primarily used in the southwestern United States.

Notes on Meaning

• This term specifically refers to an infectious disease. It is not related to the joint pain condition "rheumatism" in its typical sense; the name is a historical descriptor based on some symptomatic similarities. The core meaning is a fungal infection.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules

Từ đồng nghĩa

• coccidioidomycosis
• coccidiomycosis
• valley fever