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Missed dose of Amikacin & sputum with blood.

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Aug 28 12:26pm | Replies (7)

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@helen1000

Dear @formergardener and @pmmar1

Thank you so much for taking time to answer my questions and these soothing words, that is really calming me down! My pulmonologist also advised me to stop airway clearance for a few days. I will cut saline to once per day instead of twice. I did not know it may cause hemoptysis. Maybe I should keep 4ml instead of 8ml, which is my recent plan. that is very useful information@pmmar1@formergardener. The good news is that I only had a little blood this morning.

I think airway clearance / huff cough may be a contributing factor too. I changed my position to "upside down" for airway clearance for a moment and that was when hemoptysis happened!

@pmmar1 I also checked online and they say hemoptysis is not a severe situation, I hope you can get the situation controlled better and better too!

There are many small incidents on the way, but hopefully most of them can be overcome! Thanks again for your support!

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Helen, hemoptysis can be scary but is not uncommon with bronchiectasis and the irritation from the various treatments. As long as it is not excessive and stops with temporary reduced airway clearance, you should not worry. It is true that this is just another little hiccup in this experience, but we learn how to navigate them and what we can do to minimize them!