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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 21 5:21pm | Replies (9354)Comment receiving replies
I use to have my tub in the basement. I have heard that about hot tubs. Mine now is outside in the fresh air.I have also heard that the mac virus is every were in the soil etc. I do not use chlorine in my tub . I use copper I am always cold so I find that the steam room and ht warm me up. If I was sure this was causing my mac I would get rid of it. I got mac years ago before I had a ht.
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@garry, I was in my outdoor hot tub nearly every night. I am fairly certain that I caught my mac from it. I say that because I read somewhere that one indication that it may be in there is that the ntm (mac) can cause a red itchy rash; which I did get. I also noticed that at one time our hot tub water had a 'pond' smell. I asked my hubby if he had been treating the water regularly; he said yes, but the water had not been changed in a long time. Long story short; I will not get into a hot tub, steam room, or indoor heated pool. Ever!
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@garry I think that is very good that your hot tub is outside. What I understand about MAC is that we don’t want to continually reinfect ourselves. I have no earthly clue (just maybes) about how/where I got MAC, but I am careful to avoid anything that I know could potentially “feed” it or be a source. Yes, MAC is everywhere, so we can’t avoid that. However, my goal is to get it gone from my body. I may have taught the importance of sharing in kindergarten, but I don’t like sharing my body with this opportunistic pathogen! (Nope - not one single bit!)