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    Inhalation of fecal dust from dried bird droppings can cause infectious agents like fungi and bacteria to become airborne and enter the lungs. The warm, moist lungs provide an environment for these pathogens to grow and potentially cause flu-like symptoms in most cases that last 2-4 days as the body's defenses respond. However, in rare cases it can lead to serious internal fungal infections with no known medical cure that cause long-term disability or even death.

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    Inhalation of fecal dust from dried bird droppings can cause infectious agents like fungi and bacteria to become airborne and enter the lungs. The warm, moist lungs provide an environment for these pathogens to grow and potentially cause flu-like symptoms in most cases that last 2-4 days as the body's defenses respond. However, in rare cases it can lead to serious internal fungal infections with no known medical cure that cause long-term disability or even death.

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    Inhalation of fecal dust from dried bird droppings can cause infectious agents like fungi and bacteria to become airborne and enter the lungs. The warm, moist lungs provide an environment for these pathogens to grow and potentially cause flu-like symptoms in most cases that last 2-4 days as the body's defenses respond. However, in rare cases it can lead to serious internal fungal infections with no known medical cure that cause long-term disability or even death.

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    Inhalation of Fecal Dust As bird feces and/or the contaminated soil it rests on, dries or is disturbed, microscopic pieces

    break off and become airborne. These airborne particles can contain dormant fungi and/or bacteria. When breathed into the lungs, the warm, moist environment of the lung lining provides a breeding ground for the infectious agents. Common symptoms of this type of infection are flu like in nature: coughing, elevated temperature, restricted breathing and general body fatigue, and last roughly two to four days. The bodies defenses will contain the invaders even before minor symptoms appear, but in a small percentage of cases, major infection causing long term disability and even death occurs. It is worth noting that there is no known medical cure for internal fungal infections.

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