The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Aspergillosis includes the 17 symptoms listed below:
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The incubation period in aspergillosis ranges from a few days to weeks. In aspergilloma, colonization of the bronchial tree with Aspergillus produces plugs and atelectasis and forms a tangled ball of hyphae (fungal filaments), fibrin, and exudate in a cavity left by a previous illness such as tuberculosis. Characteristically, aspergilloma either causes no symptoms or mimics tuberculosis, causing a productive cough and purulent or blood-tinged sputum, dyspnea, empyema, and lung abscesses.
Allergic aspergillosis causes wheezing, dyspnea, cough with some sputum production, pleural pain, and fever.
Aspergillosis endophthalmitis usually appears 2 to 3 weeks after an eye injury or surgery and accounts for half of all cases of endophthalmitis. It causes clouded vision, eye pain, and reddened conjunctiva. Eventually, Aspergillus infects the anterior and posterior chambers, where it produces purulent exudate.
Alert In disseminated aspergillosis, Aspergillus invades blood vessels and causes thrombosis, infarctions, and the typical signs and symptoms of septicemia (chills, fever, hypotension, delirium), with azotemia, hematuria, urinary tract obstruction, headaches, seizures, bone pain and tenderness, and soft-tissue swelling. It's rapidly fatal.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
The incubation period in aspergillosis ranges from a few days to weeks. In aspergilloma, colonization of the bronchial tree with Aspergillus produces plugs and atelectasis and forms a tangled ball of hyphae (fungal filaments), fibrin, and exudate in a cavity left by a previous illness such as tuberculosis. Characteristically, aspergilloma either produces no symptoms or mimics tuberculosis, causing a productive cough and purulent or blood-tinged sputum, dyspnea, empyema, and lung abscesses.
Allergic aspergillosis causes wheezing, dyspnea, cough with some sputum production, pleural pain, and fever.
Aspergillosis endophthalmitis usually appears 2 to 3 weeks after an eye injury or surgery and accounts for half of all cases of endophthalmitis. It causes clouded vision, eye pain, and reddened conjunctivae. Eventually, Aspergillus infects the anterior and posterior chambers, where it produces purulent exudate.
With disseminated aspergillosis, Aspergillus invades blood vessels and causes thrombosis, infarctions, and the typical signs and symptoms of septicemia (such as chills, fever, hypotension, and delirium), with azotemia, hematuria, urinary tract obstruction, headaches, seizures, bone pain and tenderness, and soft-tissue swelling. This form of the disorder is rapidly fatal.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
When considering symptoms of Aspergillosis, it is also important to consider Aspergillosis as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Aspergillosis may cause:
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The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Aspergillosis. This signs and symptoms information for Aspergillosis has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Aspergillosis signs or Aspergillosis symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Aspergillosis may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Aspergillosis symptoms.
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