7% sodium Chloride, is it harsh on your lungs?

I got used to it. Also tried 3%. Prefer 7% as it's more effective for me. I do airway clearance and nebulizer at the same time, so that when I finish the neb I am mostly done with airway clearance. Pausing the nebulizer to clear here and there works for me.

@grammyvictoria I use 7% and have been able to tolerate it, however, I do use the Aeroclipse on the breath actuated setting. I do find it intolerable when it is constantly flowing.

I use 7% and tolerate it also. At first it gets me coughing a little, but that’s the whole idea. I also combine it with my airway clearance. I feel it’s very effective. I do swish my mouth well after I’m finished to clear my mouth of remaining salt.

I also find 7% harsh, but it's probably helping clearance more, and I believe (if someone could chime in on this) that it helps sterilize from infection (?) However, to be fully candid, it's harsh to our lungs. We're probably striving for the lesser of two evils.

Best regards,
Mokie

@scoop I haven’t been on the saline or the nebulizer yet . I am hoping never . I am lazy I guess . I don’t want to sterilize all that stuff. I am on Trelegy 200 a puff a day. I take Famotidine for reflux I take over the counter Guaifenisin for phlegm . I have a new self imposed diet . I have found which foods cause phlegm problems for me. I am beginning a very strict diet. I don’t want to use saline or albuteral.

a very strict

@heidi0974
Thanks. When you say, combined with your airway clearance, what specifically do you mean-- huff cough, aerobica, ... ?
(I'm still finding my way around this disease and probably will b for awhile and you folks are my best guides.
New pulmonologist just wants another CT scan.
(Is there such a thing as too many Cat Scans?)

@crystalena
I looked up Trelogy. Why does everything always say for COPD and Asthma and Bronchiect never mentioned? I hate that.

Would you care to tell more about your diet?

@mjb24
Now I've gotta look up AeroEclipse
thank you
Yes I'm not at all crazy about the constant flow on this Omron

@grammyvictoria They don’t say emphysema either . Trelegy does have steroids . Some daily inhalers don’t. The side effect for me is extremely dry skin . After showers I peel profusely . My new diet I started yesterday , but this morning I had way less phlegm . It is a custom diet - I have tendancys for diverticulitis and have in the past had a severe attack of C Diff after colon surgery . It is for hydration and food . The hydration part is 95 ounces of water a day . After 6 pm it is just sips to wet one’s mouth . That lets me have restful sleep and not have to get up 3 times to p.. the food part for me is to avoid co2 buildup , not irritate diverticulitis , do not feed C Diff ( avoid fructose) .
Protect arthritic joints . ( no prepared foods) - no gluten bread . Well cooked low fructose vegetables . Lung safe. Carrots , spinach , green beans . Yellow squash cooked soft , white potatoes or sweet potatoes . no skins . Omg shall I go on … strictly limited to 1/2 cup a day fruits . Strawberries . Cantalope or honeydew. No nuts or seeds No. Orb or grains- no prepared meats . No dairy products they thicken and harden existing lung mucus. No high fructose corn syrup or high fructose fruits Avoid apples , pears and watermelon. I was also given recipes . Well 3 so far - all with almond flour . Pancakes , pecan breaded lean chicken breast. And a recipe for a 90 second mug bread in the microwave . ( almond flour) too .

I only just recently started and am on 0.3%. I have the feeling it's not doing much , but I keep on using it , following with my "Accapella" device