Experiences with

Bacterial infections

Was it: A) Smoking post diagnosis B) Air pollution C) Viral or bacterial infections D) Other

Wondering if anyone has 1 had influenza and how it went 2 if my decision to take Tamiflu for 10 instead of 5 days is reasonable ( my docs have always doubled the time for antibiotics for bacterial infections) 3 Not sure how to determine when I am no longer contagious as pcr and similar tests

It's odd, I still get some fatigue, struggle with insect bites and bacterial infections. I guess its always there....

Just reading about Functional Medicine and testing for root cause of inflammation - viral/ bacterial infections; food sensitivities; toxicity etc. & wondered if anyone had any experience of this? Would be grateful for any feedback. Thank you.

Currently at 4 mg prednisone. Started feeling sick 6 days ago and think this is much more than a cold (fever at about 100 F every day plus sinus congestion, dry cough and extreme fatigue). Fear it may be pneumonia as I'm way more miserable than I've ever been with a cold. Tested for COVID twice and

Finally, I have been diagnosed, Active non Bacterium Tuberculosis. Apparently had this over a year ! It's treatable and curable, TB must have become active just after the first Broncoscopy, PET scan didnt pick Up due to continued infection and inflammation., a further Broncoscopy last week picked

Hi I have been taking Nariparib for around a year. I am going to Thailand for Xmas and am booked in to get the hepatitis A, hep B, tetanus and typhoid jab. Does anyone know if it is safe for me to get these jabs? I’ve just read that I should avoid live vaccinations while on Nariparib….

I just learned about the Epcoritimab trial. The results are extraordinary. We are moving closer to a functional cure. The author said that if we combine a btk inhibitor, bcl-2, and CAR T, we could be looking at a CURE. https://cllsociety.org/2024/10/solid-results-for-epcoritimab-for-relapsed-refractory-cll

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I am not really sure where I should put this as all my ailments seem to roll into one. Anyway I have been feeling unwell and extremely fatigued for well over a year and as many on here just trying to get help from the wonderful people who write with compassion on these threads. I can say in all truth

Hi all, I'm sorry if I'm being repetitive here, but I can't see any info on vaccination against tetatus specifically for us pmr sufferers. I'm well overdue a booster but am hesitant, especially as where I live the practice is to give a combined diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and polio jab. On the

This is more of an academic question. About 8 years before I was diagnosed I had cellulitis 2 years running. The doctors and hospital were really confused why I'd got it. I was doing some training today around infection and sepsis and it mentioned to that certain conditions made you more liable to infection

I constantly get eye infections and bacterial skin infections and currently have an access on my arm that is extremely painful. I have antibiotics from the doctor, but had to go to A&E yesterday as it was getting worse.

Sinus infection has indirectly been causing anxiety. Best way to treat

I have been under treatment for Pulmonary Tb for about 11 months, however since ladt 4 days i have been experiencing low grade fever again. Should i be worried or does this happen sometimes

Hi everyone, I joined today and read some of your amazing posts, and some miraculous stories Joined the ICU rollercoaster 16 days ago when my Dad got rushed in to Intensive Care and intubated due to double pneumonia. Normally a health, active 77 year old. They said he wouldn't make it through the

Hello My wife is 48 and she went to hospital diagnosed with Listeria Meningitis at mid march, she was put into induced coma due to severe case of hydracaphelec and had EVD to discharge the excess CSF. She is a healthy adult and didn't have any immunity issues. This was for three weeks, since then she

Hi i’m a 19 year old girl who suffered septic shock at the end of March of this year. I luckily am thriving now in June but a few days ago I started losing a bit more hair than usual (exactly 2 months after i was released from ICU). I got on google and looked it up and now see that the sepsis has caused

Discharged recently from hospital after a long period of exacerbations and then pneumonia. After weeks of oral antibiotics and steroids had to have IV antibiotics. Next time I will probably have to begin IV immediately on flare up. I take 250 mg Azithromycin 3 times a week and was wondering does any

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