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Constant "Sputum" Possible Fungul Infection Thrush
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@blm1007blm1007 I'm just trying to find out about the bacteria after reading your comments, I guess the bacteria can be found via a sputum sample? Also, I'm just guessing - perhaps coughing up the mucus caused by the lung bacteria caused the hiatus hernia, and the bacteria need to be treated. Do you have any experience of this? Aside from the Diaphragmatic Breathing Technique to treat hearburn and reflux (see youtube), there is a new keyhole surgery for treating hiatus hernia called the LINX procedure, but I wonder if treating the bacteria instead would resolve the symptoms.
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@lindawellness Welcome to Mayo Connect, and to our MAC & Bronchiectasis (aka BE) support group. We are all people trying to live our best lives with these conditions, and to help one another on the journey.
Let's try to answer your questions one-by-one.
First, what is BE? It is Bronchiectasis, a chronic lung disease with widened, inefficient small airways, that clear mucus poorly, leaving us susceptible to a variety of infections. Here is a description:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21144-bronchiectasis
Have you been diagnosed with this?
Next, what causes a hiatal hernia? Mayo Clinic says:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hiatal-hernia/symptoms-causes/syc-20373379
So, in answer to your question about whether an infection cause the hernia, than answer is that it is likely that it was the other way around - hard coughing can cause tears in a weakened diaphragm.
Finally, it seems that you came looking for answers about diagnosing a specific infection, maybe in your lungs? Can you tell us a little more?
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@lindawellness I believe I had the hiatal hernia before my needing to clear the mucus and or cough out the mucus.
Barbara