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MAC Abscessus, What Big 3 or 4 or 5 antibiotics are people taking?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 1 6:03pm | Replies (25)Comment receiving replies
Kept trying the Linezolid but eventually switched to Rifampin . The Rifampin caused severe side effects had to go to ED.
Yes, I have regular hearing test and eye exams.
The main symptoms I deal with are constant throat clearing and I see pain management Dr for chest and back pain.
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The main symptom for me, also, is the constant throat clearing. The sputum just seems to keep on coming up into my 'throat' and more so after I eat.
I have been told by the GI doctor at NJH that I have a small hiatal hernia. This was found with the testing there. I read that a hiatal hernia can also cause overproduction of mucus and the constant need to clear the throat.
The problem is, I don't know, and how would one actually know, if it is coming from the hiatal hernia or my lungs with the Bronchiectasis/MAI. Wish they had a way of knowing and seeing it happen as it happens.
Do you have another diagnosis that might be causing the constant throat clearing?
Barbara
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I 'converted my Abscessus (whatever that means) after two months of IV therapy in the Spring of 2023
Now it is back. I return to UT East Texas the first week of May. I do nebulizer breathing treatments w/ sodium chloride and various airway clearance methods 2X/daily. I also have Bronchiectasis.