Experiences with

Fungal infections

Lupron plus other medicines and numerous radiation treatments I've taken for other medical conditions made me get dry mouth. xerostomia can adversely affect oral intake leading to poor nutrition, gingivitis and periodontitis, dental caries, halitosis, fungal infections (candidiasis), and accelerating

In September I went to the ED with acute abdominal pain which continued to worsen for 20 hours. After several tests I was taken by ambulance to the hospital where I stayed having tests for 3 days. In the hospital stay one of the tests was an Abdominal Dupex Complete Study which showed a a high grade

Hi everyone, I wanted to share my experience and get some insights or advice from others who might have gone through something similar. I have bronchiectasis and Asthma along with sinus issues. Last month, I developed a fever and experienced an exacerbation of my symptoms. I visited my doctor, who

recently had an extensive blood test, in preparation for starting medicine that is supposed to delay the IPF. About 4 items were slightly outside the range. Not unusual. A few days later another item was added. Aspergillosis igG, a reading of 82, the max limit is 40. I have been told i don’t need any

Hello everyone. My mom was diagnosed with PSP on May 31st of this year but has been experiencing symptoms for about two and a half years now. She is only 56 and this disease feels unbearable in its cruelty and its early onset. We have been very lucky so far that she still has her speech and personality

Has anyone experienced rashes on upper back, chest, abdomen and legs and seen a dermatologist about it? Husband has had this ongoing for over 3 months now. First time we visited urgent care and they gave him a methylprednisolone pack and it helped a bit but still came back. We had a dermatology consult

Hello all, I have bronchiestaces amongst other things and I’ve been coughing up small amounts of blood for a few weeks. After a trip to A&e I was given a sputum test which came back saying I had a fungal infection somewhere in my respiratory tract. Has anybody else had this? thank you

hello every one i have that THING CALLED COPD YUK YUK . i am fed up with mucus , i went into my local chemist asked the chap anything to help getrid of mucus he went straight to the shelf BENYLIN CHESTY COUGH ORIGINAL under neath the writing says DIPHENHYDRAMINE @ LEVOMENTHOL

hello everyone, does anyone use an electric toothbrush and they also have trigeminal neuralgia?, I stopped using my electric toothbrush in fear of the pressure causing/triggering the pain. Now I feel as though my teeth are not as clean.

Hi. the doctor changed my inhaler to Alvesco 160, one dose twice a day. Does anyone of you have experience with this inhaler? How long does it take for the inhaler to start working? And I wonder if this is a sufficient dose if I have severe asthma? Thank you for all your replies. Regards

However, I have had a fungal infection in my nails and excessive gas for as long as I can remember, and I get recurring fungal infections on my face, scalp, back, chest and feet.

I started this meds about six weeks ago and I do not know if it is this medication or not but my fingers get cold and some of them turn white and I have to run hot water on them! The finger nails look a little purple when I get cold! Has anyone else have had this problem taken Nebivolol? This meds has

My husband has AF but after two ablations things seem thankfully quite stable. The only problem is that since he is taking Dabigatran he is no longer able to enjoy alcohol - red wine tastes like vinegar and also causes gastric issues., as well as whiskey and beer. He is sorry he can no longer enjoy

Be aware of the childhood desease HF&M. My 2 year old grand twins caught HF&M last year.Unfortunately I caught it from them & it was a nightmare. Because of the thickness of my skin due to SS, the spots & sores could not break out on the surface of my skin. They errupted below the skin on my hands

My story is in my bio as it’s rather long! Is there anyone out there managing Steroid Induced Hyperglycaemia? As I started on 70mg and had to stay on it for 6 weeks after diagnosis, I quickly developed SIH and have found it a daily battle to control it despite being on a very low Carb diet indeed! Diabetic

I’ve recently been recommended Curanail by my footcare practitioner for a toe nail fungus condition. I wondered if any one has used this while taking weekly methotrexate, and sometimes Naproxen.My blood test results are all fine and RA is well controlled atm. Looking at the instructions it can take

Good morning everyone, I last posted about my night terrors , so I visited my doctor who changed the 30mg lansoprazole I was taking to 20 Esomeprazole but unfortunately still getting the disturbing night terrors feel so upset this morning the nightmare was so bad last night I was too scared to go

a while back someone posted the name of a condition relating to autoimmune illnesses where you have itching on your upper back, left hand side, no rash. It sometimes accompanies autoimmune illnesses. I use Sarna lotion which is what I seem to recall the poster using as well. Anyone remember the name

saw the Dr who did listen to chest etc. and looked in throat for thrush symptons. He gave me a sputum jar for if it happens again in the next few days ,he wants mr to see the Asthma Nurse ( not much hope there) if it happens again he will send me to see a consult. He also asked who had prescribed the