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Can nebulizing 3% saline cause hard balls of stool?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Aug 7 7:19am | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
@ursala7 Thank you so much for your input. I thought I was crazy. I have had an issue with constipation my whole life, but this was not my normal trouble. I don't eat any veggies and only a few fruits. I follow the fodmap diet. I don't drink tea. I do drink a lot of water. I use the Aerobika first thing in the morning and a few hours after dinner. I have a good amount of mucus come up and out at those times and actually at other periods during the day. I will call my pulmonologist and write my NJH pulmonologist about the saline. I weight 88 pounds and am 84 years old. I've been trying to gain weight, but I have a lot of food intolerances so it's hard. I actually have added a dark chocolate candy to my breakfast oatmeal. Glad you saw this and responded. Roz
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@rozie83 Roz: I have food sensitivities, plus react to additives and gluten (gluten gives me a rash). Rich fast food and salty snacks (all the good stuff) make more mucus for me. I used to love cappuccinos (cannot tolerate now) and chocolate of any kind - these days I allow myself a small piece of chocolate with my oatmeal too! I take no meds except I will nebulize saline if I get a flare. I am taking a Boswellia capsule, which is supposed to calm the inflammatory response to the irritants/triggers we ingest; I believe it does help - the directions say to take it with a little fat, hence the chocolate! I'm 76 and I can see that I will drop weight as I get older, because of the food restrictions. I love that you are walking 3 miles a day - I try to walk for an hour a day. On bad weather days I have a rebounder that I use in place of walking. But the activity requires calories, and boy, it's hard to eat enough. Good luck with everything!