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Cavity close-up in 12 months

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 16, 2024 | Replies (21)
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@suzyqueue

I wouldn't even count on 40%
Age hasn't seem to have been much of a factor either.
On many of the other support pages, there's such a wide variety of ages that haven't had any closure/complete collapse of the cavities. It's difficult to go by only 1 study

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helen1000 | @helen1000 | Sep 13, 2024

Maybe race? It is conducted in Korea.
Their diet is so healthy .
Someone also says that they have new cavity after old one closed up.
Yes it seems complicated. I wish there is a new medicine to conquer MAC! It seems to be a super bug!!!

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Sep 14, 2024

If you read all the way to the bottom of the link that Helen provided, you will see thsat it cites many more studies as well. I looked at a couple of them, and cavity shrinkage does seem to point to decreased risk.

Also, as she mentioned, we have a new tool in hand now - Arikayce was only in trial in 2019 when my MAC was being treated - one I could not qualify for. I would have tried it in a minute because I did not convert under the Big3

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