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Inflammation in the Lungs: Pleurisy

Lung Health | Last Active: Sep 19, 2019 | Replies (24)
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@kp5450121

I saw your post and I use a pro inhaler for fast results but the symbicort just feels like no help but thrush all in my mouth and throat. I use to use over the counter in 1992 and it was better than any they have on prescription. It was 20$ at Wal-Mart
All good things never last in the public when it helps.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Sep 16, 2019

@kp5450121- oh no! That's not a great response to helping you feel better.Thrush is a response, especially from inhaled corticorticosteroids. And the steroids can shift that balance leading to an increase in fungal growth and oral candidiasis or thrush. Inhaled steroids are not the only cause though. Suppression of the immune system can cause thrush, i.e: chemotherapy, radiation, HIV, anemia, and diabetes mellitus.
Do you have any other problems other than using you inhaler that could have caused the thrush? Are you treating it? How?

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