At a glance
- When Ken first got sick, he thought he had the flu. After a week, he wasn't getting better. He went to two hospitals before doctors diagnosed him with histoplasmosis.
- Mauricio believed he had a cold, until his symptoms worsened. Then, he lost sight in his right eye. It took almost a month for Mauricio to be diagnosed with histoplasmosis.
Ken's story
At first, Ken thought he had the flu. The coughing and weakness had quickly progressed to chills, a high fever, appetite loss, and trouble breathing. After a week, he wasn't getting better, and Ken began to worry that he had something worse than the flu. The answer turned out to be something he could not have imagined.
Mauricio's story
One night, Mauricio started having fever and body aches. Mauricio, a doctor at a Colombian hospital, figured he just had a cold. But two days later, he was worse, with chills, a headache, a cough, and swollen lymph nodes in his neck. Within a week, he started feeling better. Then his mysterious illness took an unusual turn: Mauricio suddenly lost sight in his right eye.
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