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Spelunkers lung, is a lung disease caused by cave exploration where bat excrement is present. The excrement may contain a fungus. This fungus' spores are inhaled into the lungs causeing inflammation. Also see: Acute Symptomatic Pulmonary Histoplasmosis.
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It's associated more with caves in tropical / sub-tropical regions, and holding very large bat colonies.
I have never seen the name "spelunkers' lung" in any serious report - it's always called simply 'Histoplasmosis'. "Spelunker" is an old-fashioned term concocted by two American cavers in the 1930s(?), and after a decade or so of normal use, though only in the US, it became a term of derision among American cavers themselves, and is now rarely if ever used in caving literature.
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What is another name for cave explorers?
Another name for cave explorers is spelunkers.
What is spelunkers?
Spelunkers lung, is a lung disease caused by cave exploration where bat excrement is present. The excrement may contain a fungus. This fungus' spores are inhaled into the lungs causeing inflammation. Also see: Acute Symptomatic Pulmonary Histoplasmosis. +++ It's associated more with caves in tropical / sub-tropical regions, and holding very large bat colonies. I have never seen the name "spelunkers' lung" in any serious report - it's always called simply 'Histoplasmosis'. "Spelunker" is an old-fashioned term concocted by two American cavers in the 1930s(?), and after a decade or so of normal use, though only in the US, it became a term of derision among American cavers themselves, and is now rarely if ever used in caving literature.
What do spelunkers explore?
caves
What actors and actresses appeared in Spelunkers - 2002?
The cast of Spelunkers - 2002 includes: Jan Paulo Sebastian Schnoy
What tools do spelunkers use?
a wrench
What do they call people who search caves?
People who search caves are commonly referred to as spelunkers or cavers. They are individuals who explore caves for either recreational purposes or scientific research.
What types of people go caving?
Spelunkers
Why do spelunkers explore?
Because they think it's fun.
Do spelunkers explore?
Because they think it's fun.
Why is Missouri called spelunkers paradise?
cause its a paradise
Can you give me an example sentence for the word explore?
Spelunkers like to explore caves.
Where the underground cavens on saints row 2?
Go to a store called Spelunkers, go downstairs and you are there.
