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Treatment Guidance Please...Bronchiectasis/Asthma/Reflux
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Good to check with another doctor. Lung function decrease is most worrisome. I had to go on Oxygen 10 years ago with the Non Tubercular Mycobacterium. It required Infectious disease doctor and what we call the "Big 3" antibiotics. They worked, but my lungs filled with Candida. I used Candida cleanse to eliminate it and as per bronchoscopies, that worked, too. I have been exacerbation free for 10 years. Only on oxygen for a year while we figured things out.
A good practice is to take your medical history with you to every appointment. Your description for this group was perfect. Be your own advocate. A one page bullet point type history is very effective. Good luck.
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Hi,
I just read or reread your post looking for an answer for something else.
How fortunate how things worked out and were eliminated for you.
How are you doing this beginning 2025?
You mentioned Candida in the lungs after the antibiotics. I ask because I had to clear systemic Candida out in the 80's after liquid antibiotics given 24/7 for two serious types of pneumonia infections. I was given medication, nystatin. It did the trick along with being careful of the carbohydrate intake, sugar.
I have MAI but so far have decided to not start the antibiotics, my main problem is constant needing to clear my throat because of what comes up to my throat, and appears to be a mixture of substances...phlegm/mucus/saliva/moisture.
Taking the antibiotics. pills, for a long period of time, as noted, can cause Candida, a yeast infection.
When you say Candida cleanse what are you actually referring to, medication or other etc.?
Thanks.
Barbara
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Thank you so much! It is astounding and exasperating to me to realise that with all the information gathered by the medical authorities that so little of it can be accessed by anyone needing it! I resorted to trying to co ble together my own medical history.