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Confused about saline

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 17 4:42pm | Replies (53)
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@lilianna

Do you have a lot of mucus which you couldn’t cough up and now you can because you exercise before clearing session? No matter what I do I produce little and only during 7% saline nebulizing.

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jlarray | @jlarray | Sep 12 8:43am

Initially (I've had NTM for about 15 years), I would try to do clearance first thing when I got up and I would clear nothing. Eventually, I figured out that I could clear mucus if I did it later in the day (11 AM or later) after exercising. Also, I need to do the airway clearance routine for a long time (45+ minutes) in order for it to work and even then, sometimes there is nothing. My symptoms improved a lot from this routine (cough went away, more energy).

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