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“Well, I’m glad I didn’t just say this was going away,” Lee said about her symptoms that appeared this summer and steadily got worse.

“I really want to do this but in order to get better, I have to get better. I have to figure out what’s wrong. You just have to find the right doctors.” The healthy 55-year-old Tucson woman first started feeling tightness in her chest, then fatigue after workouts. But after a trip, her symptoms led her to the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia and a partially collapsed lung. All signs of what was to come.

Even after imaging and additional testing it took another month – and more antibiotics and breathing treatments – before she was retested for Valley Fever. She has been in treatment the last several weeks.

As Arizona marks its 23rd Annual Valley Fever Awareness Week, major milestones have been reached in identifying the serious fungal disease sooner with Banner Health’s innovative technology and expanded clinical protocols.

 

As Arizona marks its 23rd Annual Valley Fever Awareness Week, major milestones have been reached in identifying the serious fungal disease sooner with Banner Health’s innovative technology and expanded clinical protocols.