{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Next Phase Human ","title":"Valley Fever, Fungal Infections, and What Comes After Antibiotics","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1755,"description":"Intro\nIn this episode of Next Phase Human, Dr. Rasham Sandhu continues his conversation with Dr. Rasha Quran, an infectious disease specialist at Kern Medical Center and UCLA and director of the infectious disease fellowship, picking up where they left off in part one. This time they focus on Valley fever, a fungal infection responsible for roughly a third of community acquired pneumonia in the Central Valley, then work through a wide ranging discussion of prevention, treatment, and where infectious disease medicine is headed next.\n\nTopics Covered\nWhat Valley fever is and how it spreads through dust and soil\nWho is most likely to get infected versus who is most likely to develop severe disease\nWhy cases are rising across the Central Valley and the broader desert Southwest\nWhen and how doctors should test for Valley fever, and why the blood test can be misleading early on\nCommon misconceptions among both patients and healthcare providers\nWhat treatment actually involves and why relapse remains a lifelong risk\nOther fungal and tick borne infections that are becoming more common\nEveryday habits, from cooking at home to blood sugar control, that lower infection risk\nThe role of exercise and sleep in immune function\nA topical hormone treatment that helps prevent UTIs in postmenopausal women\nHer honest take on supplements and probiotics\nA rapid fire myth or fact round covering raw milk, antibiotics, hand sanitizer, zinc, and more\nWhy she believes immune modulation could reduce reliance on antibiotics in the future\nMentioned in Episode\nValley fever (coccidioidomycosis)\nBrucellosis and raw milk\nUCLA genetic and DNA sequencing research into Valley fever susceptibility\nDr. Manish Butte's published research on treating disseminated Valley fever with cytokine therapy\nTopical estrogen for preventing UTIs in postmenopausal women\nHistorical use of the ketogenic diet to treat UTIs before antibiotics existed\nConnect with Dr. Sandhu California Cardiovascular Institute | cacvinst.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8L-nuimlDDYZRLTRShB5TuOVQoW-K4IcHfnKlMch4gk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NWVm/YWIyNzUwNjcwNDJl/NzI1YzEwYzE0ODM2/MTlhNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}