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Symptoms
Most people with this infection never have symptoms. Others may have cold- or flu-like symptoms or symptoms of pneumonia. If symptoms occur, they typically start 5 to 21 days after being exposed to the fungus. They include:
- Change in mental status
- Chest pain (can vary from mild to severe)
- Cough, possibly producing blood
- Fever
- Headache
- Joint stiffness and pain
- Loss of appetite
- Muscle aches
- Neck stiffness
- Night sweats
- Painful, red lumps on lower legs (erythema nodosum)
- Sensitivity to light
- Weight loss
- Wheezing
Additional symptoms associated with this disease:
- Ankle or feet swelling
- Enlarged or draning lymph nodes
- Joint swelling