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What is the purpose of saline

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Apr 11 12:58pm | Replies (17)
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@lorrainewenn - @scoop is right. There have been a number of studies showing that most strains of Mycobacteria cannot survive in a saline environment above 5%. For many of, that has meant being able to stay off antibiotics indefinitely.
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lorrainewenn | @lorrainewenn | Apr 2 10:44pm

Can you provide those studies?

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sadair20 | @sadair20 | Apr 3 7:40am

Does this mean that using the 3% Hyper-Sal is not sufficient to ward off MAC? I don't have any mucus and don't cough and am not on antibiotics but apparently I have tested positive for MAC in a sample. My doctor has me nebulizing only once a day with 3% and doing ACTs. He doesn't think I need 7%.

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