aspergillus fumigatus

Posted by lilianna @lilianna, Mar 11 9:55am

Good morning,
I am treated for MAC (since April 2023 take Azithromycin, clofazimine, in the meantime Amikacin IV-could not tolerate rifabutin (liver), last visit at NJH in January 2024 added Ethambutol: I was also diagnosed in September with pseudomonas- not treated, and last month found out that the fungal culture sent from NJH showed aspergillus fumigatum. In February I had sinus infection, coughed, had some green mucus (was prescribed steroids for 5 days and then 10 days of antibiotic for sinus. Since February I feel very, very tired, every day around 11 am I am exhausted, have to lay down and rest; I dont cough a lot though after the infection is gone; my question is -has anybody experienced that terrible tiredness; is it from ethambutol or from bacteria; if you had/had aspergillus f. or pseudomonas aeuroginosa, or take ethambutol please share with me how it made you feel and what was done with it. I do not have other symptoms- no fever, chills, excessive mucus just fatigue. I am seeing my Id doctor this week so I hope to get some answers. Thank you.

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Good to hear from you Jeff. My debris/fungal ball has been surprising stable with vfend for now 15+ months so I'll keep kicking surgery down the road as my quality of life has been equally surprising. I had a nasty bout with first time covid but it again, surprisingly, it did not effect my lungs.

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I'm glad things are going decent for you.
I could be doing a lot worse than I am, so I'm happy. Thank you for replying.

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