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Have Bronchiectasis, recently diagnosed with pseudomonas

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 30 4:40pm | Replies (211)
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@heathert I find it interesting that the Alpha-1 gene acts similar to CF. The double ZZ can cause death, or extreme illness, or very few symptoms if any. (My mom passed away at age 58 from it.) A carrier of one of those genes, can experience chronic lung illnesses. I am a carrier of alpha-1 (got it from mom) They know more about the full blown Alphas, but not the carriers. They still don't know how or why a carrier gets lung disease.

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heathert | @heathert | Nov 20, 2018

@windwalker so interesting. I do not have the Alpha-1 gene, but interesting that it is similar to CF. My Dad always got bad chest infections, coughed alot, phlemy etc and I found a book in his library at home, on clearing the lungs positions and methods which was very very old so I guess his Mum or Dad had lung problems also. That nasty CF gene.

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