Histoplasmosis is RAMPANT in and around wild bird roosts. Roosts are places where large numbers of Red Wing Blackbirds, Grackles, and Starlings congregate to roost during the winter. I also would say that histoplasmosis is found living on the newspapers in Parakeet cages.
But since the beginning poster lives in Arkansas (the home of Tyson Poultry) my guess is that every man, woman, and child living there for more than 5 minutes will test positive for histoplasmosis exposure. Big cities also have their fair share of histoplasmosis because of pigeon droppings and bat dung on, in, and around buildings. There is also a danger of catching histoplasmosis if you hangout around BIG trees, so no walk-in-the-park for the good 'doktor'. And forget about exploring caves, histoplasmosis is present in large quantities in bat droppings or guano. In fact an alternative name for histoplasmosis is spelunker's lung.
I can see now why 5 of your doctor friend's patients are losing their eyesight. Because in my estimation, your eye doctor "friend" is a quack who is betting on bird poop, old wives' tails, and lies to force you and/or your chickens to go away. Because histoplasmosis is a fungus I would think that it would be very, very, very, and don't forget extremely difficult for it to effect your vision. At any rate you can't catch histoplasmosis by kissing or even sharing eyeglasses.
I wonder what other actions that your optometrist neighbor believes will make you go blind or even cause one to need glasses?
Please forgive the sarcasm, I needed that. Ah, I feel better now!
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