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Starting MAC treatment with "big three" drugs: What to expect?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: May 8 5:56pm | Replies (192)Comment receiving replies
Ok I feel really stupid for asking this question, but here goes: could having chickens possibly be the source for someone to get MAC? ? I have it, as do two of my sisters. Both of my daughters have many chickens on their properties (for eggs). Could this put them at risk for MAC?
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Just a thought as an engineer. We know MAC is in the soil and in the air.
Could be with a lot of chickens scratching around in the soil, they stir it up.
Harry
Texas A&M has multiple pages for MAC & birds
https://www.tamuk.edu/finance/risk/animal-safety/mycobacterium-avium.html
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Funny you should ask. I had a dinner party last night, a few of my friends keep chickens, so I raised the topic and said I had been advised to avoid them. My friend who has a large flock said he husband, who has numerous lung issues from asthma and his career as a cement contractor, saud he is not allowed near them - his doctors' were adamant. So she asked if she should worry about her health and was told "Only if you have other lung conditions or a compromised immune system that make you susceptible."
Just one point of view - millions of people keep/care for poultry without ever getting MAC.
Sue