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Bronchiectasis & Possible MAC – Dealing with the Cough
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 28, 2022 | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
@mwolf Welcome to Mayo Connect - We have a wonderful community of members living day by day with Bronchiectasis & MAC - you can meet us here :
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I have been a member here for over four years, learned a great deal about living with this chronic condition, and gotten a lot of good information about how to live my best life.
Like you, I was undiagnosed for many years, then spent about 2 years on antibiotics. Now I have found a way to live, with asthma medications, 7% saline nebs, and daily airway clearance, but minus the MAC and the cough...
what kind of treatments are you doing while you await findings of whether you have MAC?
Sue
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Sue, what does 7% saline nebs do and how do you do daily airway clearance?
I do albuterol and atrovent nebs when asthma flares.
I am somewhat new to asthma. was dx 2 years ago after 1.5 year of being sick, I am on maintenance asthma medication.
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Thank you so much! It's been such a long road! I will get an occasional "flare" and it goes away. I use a Ventolin inhaler as needed. I had a bout in August that was just like the old days, night sweats, body aches, lungs hurt, low grade fever, etc. For that I did a course of Azithromycin.
Recently, I am needing the inhaler more and the cough is increasing. That prompted me to contact my pulmonologist. It's encouraging to read that improvement is possible!!
Thank you for responding!!