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Can anyone give me tips on collecting a sputum sample for culture
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 19 7:46am | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
@jnmy Thanks for your response. I don’t know where it showed on chest x-ray other than left lung. Last time it was right upper lobe. I was in hospital when chest X-ray and CT were done and did not get to see images. Those sound like excellent things to try.
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@laneyk You’re welcome. NAC really did help. Another tip I’ve shared before but works well is using a longer breath hold with either the Aerobika or any breathing technique you use with the huff cough. I saw it on a reputable video from a respirologist.
Often we see the advice to hold our breathe for a count or 4 or 5 seconds before you exhale and huff cough. Try holding your breathe for 10 seconds and then huff cough.
Also, I often start this process by first breathing in, holding breathe for four or five seconds and then use my diaphragm to exhale fairly strongly. Then, inhale and hold for a count of 10, and exhale with huff cough.
Hope you can find a technique that works.
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@laneyk my doctor was surprised it was left lung and did not return to right lung.