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A Long COVID patient recently shared that their 1976 histoplasmosis infection reactivated. This reveals a massive blind spot: SARS-CoV-2 can compromise the immune system, leaving people vulnerable to opportunistic fungal infections and reactivations. 🧵 https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc9QeMhpXAO/
![A collage that depicts a 100% imaginary Post-Viral Fungal Takeover, with the annotation’s title in white: Long COVID: Is Fungal Infection a hidden driver?
—The Upper Lung: A physical, dense mycetoma (fungal ball) occupying a cavitary structural injury left behind by COVID-19.
—The Right Lung: Pink/orange Histoplasma nodes breaking free from collapsing granulomas.
—The Left Lung (Branching): An intricate maze of Aspergillus hyphae tunneling into blood vessels.
—The Left Lung (Clustered): Budding aggregates of Candida auris subverting immune cleanup.
Julie made the collage by modifying and superimposing images credited to:
—Max Healthcare. Source: [https://www.maxhealthcare.in/blogs/histoplasmosis-symptoms]
—Dr Mohan Venkatesh Pulle. Source: [ https://drmohanvenkateshpulle.com/chest-programs/aspergilloma/ ]
—National Nurses United. Source: [https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/c-auris-what-nurses-need-to-know]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HRj5j42aYAAFAvf.jpg)