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Medication for reocurring lung infections
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jan 3, 2023 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your reply! I, too, am suspicious that the short-term antibiotics are only knocking down the infections temporarily. I neb twice daily with Albuterol and 7% saline. I supplement with NAC and vitamins. I also used Mucinex during the exacerbations, during which my sputum was very thick and green/yellow. I went 4 years since being diagnosed with MAC with absolutely no cough at all, to now since August have an infrequent/tickle cough. Yes, the cold weather certainly helps to get more up!
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I don't know how sputum testing works exactly. I had assumed the samples I provided tested for anything I might have but apparently not. I know they take a very long time to process when they are testing for MAC. At one point I asked my pulmonologist if I could possibly have Pseudomonas and he only then ordered a specific test for that. Turns out I do have it with a chronic form and may have had it for a long time. Either that or I developed it after being put on Augmentin for 4 weeks. I asked him why he had not tested for it before and he said because it is rather rare. Anyway, it is good to ask questions about your sputum tests etc.