Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: https://www.sudbury.com/around-the-...oman-18-dies-of-rare-fungal-infection-7367212
‘It doesn’t feel real’: Sault woman, 18, dies of rare fungal infection
Miah Joy of Sault Ste. Marie contracted blastomycosis, which can be found in moist soil and rotting wood; Algoma Public Health says case levels not higher than normal this year
Darren Taylor
2 d
SAULT STE. MARIE — Family members and friends are mourning the death of Miah Joy of Sault Ste. Marie, an 18-year-old woman who died of blastomycosis at Sudbury’s Health Sciences North ICU on Aug. 1.
Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection usually acquired by breathing in the spores of fungi that can be found in moist soil and rotting wood.
“It’s not confirmed where she got it from but she did shore fishing which means she was around wet wood and soil,” said Miah’s sister Sierra Joy, speaking to SooToday.
“It was in June when she started [to feel ill] and we just thought it was a typical chest cold and then July 5th she was diagnosed with pneumonia,” Sierra said.
Sierra said Miah was later diagnosed with blastomycosis...
‘It doesn’t feel real’: Sault woman, 18, dies of rare fungal infection
Miah Joy of Sault Ste. Marie contracted blastomycosis, which can be found in moist soil and rotting wood; Algoma Public Health says case levels not higher than normal this year
Darren Taylor
2 d
SAULT STE. MARIE — Family members and friends are mourning the death of Miah Joy of Sault Ste. Marie, an 18-year-old woman who died of blastomycosis at Sudbury’s Health Sciences North ICU on Aug. 1.
Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection usually acquired by breathing in the spores of fungi that can be found in moist soil and rotting wood.
“It’s not confirmed where she got it from but she did shore fishing which means she was around wet wood and soil,” said Miah’s sister Sierra Joy, speaking to SooToday.
“It was in June when she started [to feel ill] and we just thought it was a typical chest cold and then July 5th she was diagnosed with pneumonia,” Sierra said.
Sierra said Miah was later diagnosed with blastomycosis...
Last edited by a moderator: