bearswede
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I always worry a little about what I'm breathing in,
Especially diggers out west, Laur... Valley fever is a lung ailment caused by a fungus in the soil...
In the boomtowns of Southern California and the American Southwest, where houses go up faster than the land can be cleared, the air is filled with dust churned up by bulldozers and held aloft by the hot wind. But dust isn't the only problem in these overheated regions. Another is the lung disease, valley fever, known medically as coccidioidomycosis, or cocci. The soil-borne fungus that causes valley fever is stirred into the air by farming, construction and wind, and then breathed into the lungs. Valley fever can cause fever, chest pain and coughing, among other symptoms. Most people who inhale the valley fever fungus have few, if any, problems. But some, especially pregnant women, people with weakened immune systems, and those of Asian, Hispanic and African descent, may develop a serious or even fatal illness from valley fever. Mild cases of valley fever usually go away on their own. When valley fever is more serious, doctors prescribe antifungal medications that can treat the underlying infection.
Ron
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Exploding Flies - 
I'd rather have another spaghetti picture. Exploding spaghetti, think you can do that one? lol. 
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