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clseerattan
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Candida Fungal Infection In the Lungs
Posted: 08-23-05 10:08am
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How do you get rid of candida fungal
infection in the lungs?
How do you know if the infection is
clearing up - x-rays, blood tests, ct
scans?
Can someone lead a normal life if the
infection has severly damaged the lungs?
Can the lung repair itself?
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cloe1
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Candida
Posted: 09-22-05 19:29pm
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I was diagnosed with this thru blood and
spit cultures test.
They are going to do a cat scan in another
week to see if the medicine diflucan is
working. They have to do a liver test in
the morning to make sure diflucan isnt
causing me to have liver problems.
I was in the hospital since august 26 and
it took them 2 weeks to diagnose it. It
did not show up on my x-rays but it did
show up on my cat scan. With them not
knowing what it was at first they put me
in isolation for 3 days in the hospital
testing me for tb, hiv, and about 50 other
disease I never heard off. When it all
came back negative and the cultures came
back they realized it was candida. They
then put me on iv therapy for a week and
then sent me home.
The medicine makes me sick to my stomach
but I dont have the pneumonia symptoms I
had in the beginning. Also after
everything I have been through and all the
different diagnoses they gave me in the
beginning I have started to have panic
attacks everytime something new hurts
because then I think im dieing and that im
never going to get better.
I have to take the medicine for 2 months.
My only concern is if it will stay gone
once im done. I have read many things and
it seems to me it is something that never
goes away.
I would just like to talk to someone going
thru the same thing.
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clseerattan
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Candida In the Lungs
Posted: 09-26-05 13:45pm
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Hi chloe,
this is a very hard disease to get rid
off.
We have tried everyting as well.
Diflucan, primaxin (done intraveneously),
sporanox, amphertericin b (done
intraveneously). You name it we have
tried it. It seems that the fungus is
developing a resistance to all the
anti-biotics.
We are still trying though as giving up is
not the answer. We keep praying and
asking god to heal the lungs as they are
severly damaged from the fungus. The use
of a ventilator is in use right now to
have some type of lung function. I hope
that your situation improves and would not
reach to the stage where surgery is
needed.
Kindly reply if you can.
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cloe1
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Posted: 09-27-05 21:34pm
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Dear clseerattan,
I am so sorry to hear that yours has
progressed so far. I do hope that you
get better.
I am yet to find anything out about
candida pnuemonia, I have searched
everything I can find but there is not to
much info about it. I am scared because I
feel so bad all the time, the medicine
makes me sick and now im congested again,
with terrible body aches. If it were not
for my kids I think i'd want to just die
sometimes, since I feel like it anyway and
I cant do anything. As a mother right now
im not a very good one because I am so
tired all the time. But I pray also that
this will pass and I will get better.
How did you find out you had it??? Does
yours show up on xray??? Some days I
think yes I feel great then an hour later
it feels like someone beat me with a
frying pan. But today I felt bad all day.
I would go back to the hospital but I
dont want to leave my kids and almost all
the veins in my arms are blown from the
last stay there anyway and im scared that
just because I feel like im dieing that I
might really be dieing and I am not ready
yet. I dont even know how I got this
disease???
Sorry I am emotional today like I said I
dont feel well. I know you sound worse
off than me and I am so sorry for your
pain you sound strong I am sure you will
pull thru I will put you in my prayers.
How long have you been sick if you dont
mind me asking???
Have you had to get surgery yet?? If so
did it not help is that why you are on the
ventilator??? I am scared.
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blacktruck
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Location: california
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Lung Yeast
Posted: 10-19-05 11:55am
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I have this junk and have had it all my
life..........Imo it is very important to
exercise the lungs. I do this by lifting
weights. I use a warm mist mositurizer at
night a lot. I take great pains to keep
it clean...
I take lamisil. Have been on
sporonox-diflucan amphotericinb
etc....Lamisil works best for me... I use
combivnet inhaler and also take
singulair...
A cleaned up diet really helps but his is
extremly difficult. I use a juicer when I
am really "on" and in tune. However
nothing beats it. You just have to learn
to live with it......
I also use a waterpik to wash sinuses out.
I put a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in
the water to irrigate sinuses
with.....Drink braggs apple cider vinegar
too....
Hang in there
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cloe1
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Thanks
Posted: 10-19-05 22:09pm
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Thanks blacktruck, they took me off all
medicines for now because they were making
me so sick. So as long as I feel ok they
said I dont have to take anything. And
the only thing acting up now is my sinuses
so your advice was great. They also told
me about the exercising so I do yoga
normally so I ordered more tapes today
just so I could do more than my normal 20
min tape plus I got a meditation tape too
just because I thought it would deal with
the stress. But since ive been off the
medicine which has been about a week. I
can once again eat. Which is great I
missed food. But I have noticed some
foods do not agree anymore. I eat alot of
soup and crackers.
Where do you get the waterpick thing you
were talking about???? Can you get it at
a osco???
Have they ever took you off the
medicine??? If so how long were you able
to be off it before they put you back on
it again??? If I have to go back on it
i'll ask them about the lamisil next time.
Thank you!!!!
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blacktruck
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Location: california
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Fungal Lung Infection
Posted: 10-19-05 22:58pm
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I probably manage my own case. My docors
generally try whatever I ask.
Unfortunately for us there are not many
docs who are hip to candida/fungal
infection. It was interesting that they
thought u had tb as that also happened to
me. The county made me see an infectious
disease spec and he found the aspergillus/
candida in my sputum.
Essentially what happens is the yeast is
in your stomach and do to immune system
malfunction it thrives there. Your
sinuses produce mucous as that drips in to
stomach and helps to control the yeast.
Unfortunately the constant running in
sinuses provides the moist home the fungus
loves so it migrates there. At night the
constant drip ends up in lungs and your
bronchials inflame to keep out the mucous.
So this produces sino-bronchial
syndrome--an asthma like condition whihc
makes it hard to breathe. You will notice
the relief from inhaler is very short
lived....
I ended up on lamisil by acident as none
of the docs would prescribe it for me.
Finally my athletes feet became so bad
they put me on it. My inhaler usage cut
in half after 30 days. I was on it
fourteen months one time. I was off 5
months and breathing got really bad. I
just went back on it....
You can get your watrerpik at
ebay...Here...
Ht
tp://cgi.Ebay.Com/waterpik-wp-60w-water-je
t-personal-dental-system-new_w0qqitemz5627
001218qqcategoryz11843qqsspagenamezwdvwqqr
dz1qqcmdzviewitem
if this doesnt get u there go to ebay and
search "waterpik dental" u need the wp-60
system and should be able to get it for
under 30. You will need a "grossan tip"
........ Do search on grossan sinus
irrigator tip.......They are around 18
bucks and snap into the waterpik ...
I would also advise to get some good
coconut oil and ingest three tablespoons
daily...It helps to control yeast....
You can alternate sinus irrigator with
many items to hwelp;;;;;;try a product
called alkalol which u can order thru the
rite aid pharmacy....It is 2.79 a
bottle...Mix 4 oz with water in the
irrigator.......U can also do a solution
iof betadeine-salt-baking soda.....
Alternate the three----get the hydrogen
peroxide at health food store---get food
grade---be careful with this stuff---it is
35% pure 10 times more pwoerful than
what u buy at drug store....
Good luck!
Good luck........
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cloe1
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Posted: 10-20-05 22:22pm
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I had to see a infectious disease Dr. Too
and thats how they found it is thru a
sputum test. And then he put me on the
diflucan 400 mg a day and says but I dont
think this is what you really have because
it only showed up on the sputum and that
may only be because you have been on
antibiotics. So I dont even think they
know if this is what it is but every other
test was negative so they said it might
be. They just took me off the medicine
because I lost so much weight while I was
on it and I really didnt have that much to
lose because before the illness I was a
work aholic.
They also dont know why the whites of my
eyes turned blue or why the skin on my
lips keep peeling they just decided to
blame it on self mutilation even though I
dont rub my eyes or bite my lips they gave
me prozac for that but I am not taking it
because I know thats not my problem but
drs. Dont want to listen they have to act
like they know everything.
But thanks for your help I really
appreciate the sinus tid bit.
I have another question do you get dizzy
alot even when your breathing is fine. I
cant seem to kick this problem if I could
id feel alot better but maybe its part of
my sinus problem also??? I dont know ive
never been sick before and this is all
knew besides like the 24 hr flu ive never
had a problem so im completely dumb about
all of this
once again thank you for your help
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blacktruck
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Location: california
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Posted: 10-21-05 15:55pm
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If you have yeast you will get a lot of
wierd feelings----your blood sugar will
feel like it is hypoglycemic or diabetic
depending on what stage of infection you
are at....
Try this to see if it helps........Go to
the health food store and buy a bottle of
braggs apple cider vinegar.........Start
drinking an ounce or so in a glass of
water first thing in the morning and last
thing at night...
Also drink an ounce in a glass of water
before you eat each meal. If this helps
you it is a good sign yeast is the
problem...( yes! It has to be
bragg's---bragg's has the mother in
it---it is not strained.......Avoid all
other vinegars)
you need to really avoid sugars and
starches ( I am very good at giving this
advice and very bad at following
it!---dont be like me)
doctors are trained to treat the diseases
of years ago. In order to treat your
disease you have to do it yourself. So
get on the net ans start
searching........Most docs do not
recognize any fungal diseases....
If u need to email me personal......Black.Truck@verizo
n.Net
here is how I found my doctor..........I
got on the internet and got a bucnch of
ent's phone numbers and started calling
them. I wanted to find one who was
familiar with the mayo clinics findings on
fungal sinusitis.......When I finally
found one I went to her........She sent me
for cat scans which showed my sinuses
[packed--then I showed her how I drained
them by lying upside down--she sent me to
my present doctor who is an
immunologist---as it turns out all the
ent's send their worst sinus patients to
him. He also has a constant sinus
infection sufferer and has fungal
issues...]
good luck
if u need anything else just write!
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blacktruck
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Posted: 10-21-05 16:03pm
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Ps
the fungus will show up from time to time
in your sputum but if it shows up once it
is there all the time. There really is no
reliable tests to confirm the
disease.....You can do the full panel i(g)
's (a,e,g,m) and they may or may not find
them.
You can also go to the curezone and
possibly find some things which help
(www.Curezone.Com)
in all honesty the docs are not much
help....I been doing this all my life and
I am 58........It really gets a lot worse
once you reach 47 or so....
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cloe1
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Posted: 10-22-05 15:22pm
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:d thank you I will try this out to see
how it works. I will email you and let
you know thank you once again.
Yeah I have already heard about the starch
and sugar thing but that cuts out 90% of
my diet intake I am trying though. But
with out the starch and sugars there isnt
really to much left to eat unless your a
rabbit. :wink:
thank you!!!
Oh my email is wildfi
re82671@aol.Com
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flemmy
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Candida In Lungs... Or Allergies?
Posted: 10-26-05 08:52am
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Hi from a newbie:
i've suffered from chronic, long-term
(decades!) lung plegm/throat clearing and
was also diagnosed with colon candida
about 15 years ago. But I don't know how
to get rid of this lung problem. I've
tried to figure it out and have tried
quite a few things and can't figure it
out. I was thinking it might be
candida-related, but from reading about
"pulmonary candidiasis," it sounds like I
should have a fever and be real sick,
which i'm not.
So now i'm thinking if it might be some
kind of intestinal dysbiosis or maybe food
allergies or bad food combining or
bacterial infection... Or???
Any ideas/comments greatly appreciated!!
-michael
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cloe1
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Hello
Posted: 10-27-05 23:21pm
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I never had a fever the whole time I was
sick, actually my fever was low it was a
96 or 97 and my blood pressure was really
low too sometimes it got down to the 75/50
range. They could not understand either
one. I had pneumonia but no fever, and
they were scared to death of my bp.
I was just sick on and off for about a
year and a half or two years then I got
the pneumonia and it lasted about 2
months. I ate antibiotics for the whole
duration like it was candy and it got to
the point alot didnt do a thing for me
anymore. I really dont think the diflucan
helped that much for anything. I just had
to get in the right attitude that im sick
and there is not a darn thing thats going
to make me feel 100 percent anymore and I
just have to live with it. The only thing
im taking right now is the stuff for my
stomach because the diflucan messed up my
stomach really bad.
Like I said before no one really knows
what I have but it is the only thing that
showed up on any of the test the took.
But none of the drs. Really think thats
what it is and ive seen about 5 or 6 so
far. They can give me a whole list of
what its not though. They keep wanting to
tell me its a auto immune disease but ive
been tested for them all and they are all
negative. So I guess the hardest part is
not really knowing. I have good days were
im feeling 90 % then the next day i'll
just lay in bed all day. It is a very
hard disease.
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Suggestion For Lung Health
Posted: 01-20-07 04:33am
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gr8gammy
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Re: Candida Fungal Infection In the Lungs
Posted: 10-12-07 23:26pm
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| clseerattan
wrote: | How do you get rid of
candida fungal infection in the lungs?
How do you know if the infection is
clearing up - x-rays, blood tests, ct
scans?
Can someone lead a normal life if the
infection has severly damaged the lungs?
Can the lung repair
itself? |
Do your xrays appear as something is
growing around the bronchial tree? My Dr.
Did a bronchoscopy and found what was
growning was large amounts of white
mucous? Can this be fungus from being
asthmatic with sinusitis and allergic
rhinitis ,using a oral steroid spray all
the time?
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jessieo
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Lungs And Fungal Infection, Candida? What My Doc Said + Did
Posted: 12-28-07 20:28pm
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Hi, ( I'm a Newbie doing mega research +
learned some things)
I've always had chronic bronchitis,
sinusitis, 1 bout of pneunomia 20 yrs.
ago. Bronchitis got REALLY bad 10/07.
Went to an Allergist, got chest x-ray
(showed nothing), sputum was + for
Candida (?was it from antibiotics
prescribed for Bronchitis or fungal
infection?) Had a CT Scan... showed pea
sized growth on lung + spidery 'legs' She
mentioned cancer. BUT thinks it's not
cancer. Thinks FUNGAL infection which is
'no walk in the park either'... I've been
referred to a Pulmonologist for further
testing this coming week.
I asked YOUR questions: Doc said Candida
can be treated by meds. either orally or
intravenously depending on severity. It
also may require surgery to remove a mass.
Doesn't really ever go away - damaged lung
tissue and scarring. Requires regular
check ups and BIG TIME healthy regimen to
keep immune system in top notch condition.
I sympathize with you and will keep you
posted, my appt. is Jan. 2nd, 08
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notalonewithcancer
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Lungs And Fungal Infection, Candida? What My Doc Said + Did
Posted: 06-03-08 09:31am
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I am currently treating my lung cancer as
a fungus. I don't know how this will work
but have tried just about everything else.
I use apple cider vinegar and oil of
oregano. The oil of oregano is quite
potent, but I find that adding the drops
to orange juice helps. I do use other
supplements as well but these are the two
main ones I use for treating fungus.
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lauras723
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Posted: 06-18-08 20:48pm
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Dear notalonewithcancer:
I've got lung cancer too and have some
kind of infection. The doctor says these
infections are pretty rare. I do have
weakened immune system but still...have
you already tried antibioitics?
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