PATIENT AND CAREGIVER VIDEO STORIES

John’s Story

In this interview, Rob Purdie, of MyCARE, interviews John Meyer and his wife Mary about John’s journey with histoplasmosis. Learn about the difficulty in establishing the diagnosis, their experience with John’s treatment, and the impact of the disease overall. We wish to thank MiraVista Diagnostics for support of this video.

Histoplasmosis: An Unexpected Finding, A Challenging Journey

Carrea ‘s Story

Carrea was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at the age of 14 and has been on a biologic for 13 years. Recently, she struggled with an unexplained illness for over a month before things took a sudden turn for the worse:

“I woke up one Sunday morning with a fever of 104.1°F. I couldn’t really move, and I felt like it was a chore to even just lift my arm. I had a very bad migraine, and I knew something was wrong. I drove to the emergency room, and they sent me right back because my fever was so high. And they ran test after test after test. And everything came back negative. They did not know what was wrong at the time.”

Watch Carrea’s interview with Dr Pappas and learn about her experience with disseminated histoplasmosis. Witness the inspiring story of how this experience led to her commitment to advocate for other patients with compromised immune systems.

Introduction to Faces of Fungal Infections series

Carrea’s Story: Histoplasmosis Diagnosis

Diagnosis and Management of Disseminated Histoplasmosis

Key Learnings About Histoplasmosis