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Moraxella Catarrhalis

Posted by kdiago1564 @kdiago1564, 4 days ago

My toddler who is in preschool has been sick for the past two weeks with a nasty cough and two children in her class had pink eye. Sure enough, I started feeling sick this week and my sputum started turning yellow and so I dropped off a sample which confirmed yesterday positive for 'Moraxella' which I had never heard of before yesterday. Back on Cefnidir for 10 days.

This is the third bug since July (Haemophilus influenzae, and then walking pneumonia in Oct). I feel frustrated for sure, but I'd like to believe that catching this stuff early and treating it will hopefully prevent additional lung damage.

I go back for my regularly scheduled CT scan and check up on Jan 7th so will see what my doctor thinks we should do at this point about the MAC/MAI. My last few AFB smears were negative, but I have to believe the little buggers are just hiding out in there somewhere.

I feel like I'm more mentally prepared to just get on treatment now to deal with the MAC. I went to the symposium in NYC two weeks ago and spoke with my doctor (Addrizzo-Harris) and also met Dr. Chuck Daley from NJH both of whom agree that if you're young it's not a bad idea to just hit it aggressively in hopes that it wards off additional infections for several years.

All I can do for now is continue my diligent airway clearance and maybe figure out ways to try and keep the germs from spreading so easily at home—tricky!

grateful for you all for listening, as always
Kate

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lvnl | @lvnl | 2 days ago
In reply to @ldylouis "My sister and daughter both suffered from ear infections. I don't know how many and often..." + (show)
@ldylouis

My sister and daughter both suffered from ear infections. I don't know how many and often my sister had, but she was almost 5 before they put the tubes in and removed her adenoids. My daughter had 9 infections in 6 months. She had tubes put in and has never had another ear infection since. Do those in your family with infections have tubes?

As a side, my sister could not hear in her formative years and talks way too loud now. So when my genetic hearing loss started, I went the other way and talked too softly most of the time. Now I have hearing aids and can usually judge my voice levels.

My concern is that anything that causes hearing loss will lead to problems in the future. For me, I couldn't afford hearing aids for 30 years (My hearing loss is in specific frequency, so I can't understand what someone is saying in that range), and I will never fully understand them with the aid. It is much better, but I would have done better to have better hearing way sooner. My daughter, on the other hand, has no issues because she was helped early.

And finally, if those around you aren't getting sick, then they can't pass it on.

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I'm very interested in this topic of ear infections perhaps in relation to bronchiectasis?? I had ear infections throughout my young years. At that time (late 50s) they over treated with antibiotics which messes with our gi biomes and immunity. It could be connected to being diagnosed with Crohn's (autoimmune condition) in my early 60s.
My daughter also had almost non stop ear infections up til age 5. I'm hoping those issues don't catch up with her! My grandson who is 17 did not have chronic ear infections, whew.
Everything is connected!

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