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Bronchiectasis & Possible MAC – Dealing with the Cough
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 28, 2022 | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
The best way to describe airway clearance is to show you one technique. You can see it here:
When lungs are damaged or scarred by repeated infections or a disease like bronchiectasis or COPD, mucus that usually clears with breathing and normal coughing gets "stuck" and airway clearance helps move it out so it does not become a breeding ground for infections. 7% saline nebs have 2 purposes for those of us with bronchiectasis - it thins the mucus, making it easier to expel, and at that strength it suppresses growth of our nemesis, MAC infection. (Mycobacterium avium complex - slow-growing bacteria that are in our air, water & soil. If they get a strong hold on our lungs, lengthy, unpleasant courses of 3 or more antibiotics are needed.)
As a person with long-term asthma plus bronchiectasis, I find airway clearance helps keep me healthy.
Have you had asthma for a long time? How much impact does it have on your day to day life?
Sue
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Thank you Sue.
I got sick with Fungal pna in May 2019, was treated, but cough never went away, was dx Asthma in nov 2020. It's been hard to be compliant mentally with maintenance medication, but getting oral steroids and abx each 4-5 times per year, made the point that I need to stay on maintenance medication. Its still hard to keep up with Maintenance medication regime when I feel OK, but then suddenly I don't feel ok, I do regret not taking medication. Now it's the fear of not being able to breathe keeps me going 🙃 with daily meds.
My lung nodule from funagl pna is now in "sleeping" /scarring mode per pulmonary MD. I will watch the video ! Thanks 😊