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@cmcclure ,thank you for your interesting post, there has been questions as to if this MAC is contagious but no definite answer yet that I know of. Ask your Dr who you should report this too, it would be good to know if this is possible, I do not see how it is not possible, most other infections are contageous. Stress does affect the immune system so could have put you more at risk around these patients but we all need to know if it is contagious.
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I feel I get a little bit of info and sometimes it is so general, never taking my symptoms as being part of possible picture.
@irene5 Great response. When I first learned I had MAC I was angry and looking for something to blame. I couldn't accept that I may never know what caused it. I blamed my workplace and the moldy building I worked in. After a time, I did come to the point of acceptance that it really did not matter what caused it. And this statement: " but for now the research doesn’t support that". The research. Always read the research. That's the only reliable source of information.
@macjane , Hi Jane. Will you do me a favor and start putting @_______ at the beginning of your posts like I did here? That way, it directs your response to the person that it is intended for, and it attaches your message to the conversation you are in. Otherwise, your message will just land where it lands and I can't tell if you are talking to me or someone else. Thanks!
@irene5 That was spot on!
@ling123 A good reason to figure out where or how you caught the MAC is to avoid it and not re-infect yourself. Dr. Falkinham said it is the VIRAL LOAD that gets us. For example: if you live in some areas of Wisconsin where the water source has high levels of mac in it and you take hot showers, your chances of getting are higher. Same goes for a person who uses a hot tub every day, there chances go up for catching mac infection.
@cmcclure Do you know if you have bronchiectasis?
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I just got back on this site and read your e-mail. Wow. I share so many of your thoughts. Thank you. Jane