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Can mycobacterial infection cause high IgG4 levels?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jul 29 8:53am | Replies (5)
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@sueinmn Lunedì ho la visita al reparto infettivi e chiederò se ritengono sia il momento per ripetere la broncoscopia. Per la BPCO non mi hanno dato nessuna terapia, mi hanno detto di fare la fisioterapia respiratoria a casa (PEP). Cosa posso fare per migliorare?

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Jul 29 8:53am

@dantur You wrote:
"@sueinmn On Monday I have a visit to the infectious ward and I will ask if they think it is time to repeat bronchoscopy. For COPD they did not give me any therapy, they told me to do respiratory physiotherapy at home (PEP). What can I do to improve?"

If they can teach you how to do airway clearance, you may be able to avoid a bronchoscopy by coughing up enough sputum for a laboratory culture. You might ask about that option.

Quite often, people with other lung diseases like COPD or Bronchiectasis can benefit from an inhaler to relax the airways, then "airway clearance" to help move mucus out of their lungs. Here is a good video about airway clearance, I hope you can translate it to Italian in the captions:

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