Symptoms of Aspergillosis

Symptoms of Aspergillosis

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Aspergillosis includes the 19 symptoms listed below:

• Fever
• Cough
• CNS signs
• Haemoptysis
• Cough
• Wheezing
• Bibasal crackles
• Eosinophilia
• Worsening asthma
• Cough
• Coughing up mucous
• Coughing up blood
• Bronchopleural fistula
• Bacterial superinfection
• Fever
• Pneumonia
• Pulmonary symptoms
• Infective endocarditis
• Madura foot
• more information...»

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• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Aspergillosis
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Aspergillosis: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with Aspergillosis:

• Localized pulmonary infection (see Lung symptoms)
• Allergic sinusitis (see Sinusitis)
• Allergic bronchopulmonary disease (see Bronchitis)
• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
• Severe complications mainly occur in the immunocompromised:
• more complications...»

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Do I have Aspergillosis?

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Aspergillosis?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Aspergillosis includes:

• Asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Churg-strauss syndrome
• Loeffler's syndrome
• COPD
• more diagnoses...»

See the full list of 12 alternative diagnoses for Aspergillosis

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More information about symptoms of Aspergillosis and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Aspergillosis
• Underlying causes of Aspergillosis
• Risk factors for Aspergillosis

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Cough - see all causes of Cough
• Cough - see all causes of Cough
• Cough - see all causes of Cough
• Coughing up blood - see all causes of Coughing blood
• Coughing up mucous - see all causes of Cough
• Eosinophilia - see all causes of Eosinophilia
• Fever - see all causes of Fever
• Fever - see all causes of Fever
• Infective endocarditis - see all causes of Heart symptoms
• Pneumonia - see all causes of Pneumonia
• Pulmonary symptoms - see all causes of Lung symptoms
• Wheezing - see all causes of Wheezing

Medical Books Online about Aspergillosis

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Symptoms of Aspergillosis: Online Medical Books

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Aspergillosis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

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.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Aspergillosis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

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.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Aspergillosis as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

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:

• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
• Aspergilloma
• Invasive aspergillosis
• Lacrimal canaliculitis

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About signs and symptoms of Aspergillosis:

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.