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Neil Kao, MD California
"Dr. Neil Kao's Allergy and Asthma Website" This website contains information I have... More
Jane M. Holland, Michigan
Jane M. Martin is a respiratory therapist, author and teacher with over twenty-five years of... More
Stella Mae Comox, CA
I am a health care provider who also has had to learn to cope with chronic pain and chronic... More
Linda M. California
My husband has a brain injury similar to a near drowning this happened in 1988.  My only... More
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Losing Sucks, a Respiratory Infection Sucks More by Greg T. Patient Expert in the game?  They end up getting the empty net and winning 4 to 2 .... WTH On top of all that, I have a respiratory infection and sound like a fog horn and feel like crap....
Respiratory infection by Greg T. Patient Expert The first-day of summer naturally brought a summer cold. I am coughing with a running nose which is never good. Taking a few days off, back when Dragon NaturallySpeaking can understand my voice again.
Tulsi ( Holy Basil ) Drink - A natural remedy for mild respiratory infection by Niyaprakash Patient Expert Tulsi ( Holy Basil ) Drink - A natural remedy for mild respiratory infection Tulsi ( Holy.... Here is a natural remedy for upper respiratory tract infections like running nose, mild / dry cough/ excessive...
Increased chance of upper respiratory infection by Jeri B. Patient Expert Of all the potential side effects the FTY720 could have had, this is the one that I spent the least time fretting over. Things like going blind worried me worse. Come to find out, maybe I should have just stocked up o
Respiratory infection declared, quarantine declared. Oh and I might get a Chrome OS Pilot computer, and WHY I need a Cr-48 lapto by Strapples Patient Expert A respiratory infection has been declared. FULL quarantine is in effect, NO visitors allowed to the house. Google Cr-48 Now onto the INTERESTING news...
due to the infection. When you breathe, the sacs open and cause the itching feeling. It is good lung hygene to focus... the the infected area of the lung and speed the healing process. ...
Newborns With Low Vitamin D Levels At Increased Risk For Respiratory Infections by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy The vitamin D levels of newborn babies appear to predict their risk of respiratory infections... due to respiratory infections,” says Carlos Camargo, MD, DrPH, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), who led...
Moraxella Catarrhalis Lipooligosaccharide Based Conjugate Vaccines for the Prevention of Otitis Media and Respiratory Infections by nih.gov other pediatric vaccine components. Applications: Vaccines for the prevention of respiratory infections... elderly patients with chronic pulmonary disease. Moraxella catarrhalis infections can be treated...
Probiotics Help Reduce Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Day Care Children by Mary Pougnet Patient Expert ), a strain of probiotics, may decrease the risk of upper respiratory tract infections in children attending day care centers. The researchers also found that the rate of absence due to infection was lower
The Use of Procalcitonin to Reduce Inappropriate Antibiotic Usage in Respiratory Tract Infections by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert respiratory tract infections ). Below is an excerpt from the article: The use of guidelines for treatment of lower respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia determined by measurements...

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Lymphoma and a CD4 count of 271-- Is it possible to come down with PCP pneumonia?
I recently wrote in regards to missing one of my chemotherapy doses due to respiratory infection. My doctor treated me with cipro, and my fever and cough responded quickly. Nine days later I had a fever 101.6. My doctor ordered a chest x-ray, which he said looked like PCP. How can this be possible? This feels...crap

If a person is allergic to an antibiotic how long could it take to show symptoms
My Daughter is taking Augmentin for a respiratory infection, for the last 4 days, is it possible for her to develop an allergic reaction after this amount of time ?   Robyn Scrap

Flu Shots and the Upcoming Flu Season
Influenza, or simply the flu, is a serious respiratory infection that makes hundreds... be protected from a new strain the next year. The flu virus originates in birds and often infects pigs... include having direct contact with infected fluids from the mouth, nose and eyes or handling items touched...crap

.How long does it take for methotrexate to get out of your body?
I have decided to come off methrotrexate after being on this a year.I have had a terrible respiratory infection w/a deep bad cough 3 times since january this year.I have had to then take 3 Antibiotics also since january & usually don't hardly ever take antbiotics maybe once a year. How long...crap

counts have a unique reaction when I get sick
In the past when I have gotten a cold, respiratory infection, or a common illness the children I worked with had, my counts would change. My viral load count would go up and my CD4 count would drop. It was never very drastic but enough for my ID specialist to take notice. About three years ago the specialist...crap

Reproductive Tract Infections Among Women Attending a Gynecology Outpatient Department in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
By clinically and microbiologically identifying reproductive tract infections (RTI), including sexually transmitted infections (STI), the researchers monitored the antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria.... Endogenous infections were most prevalent (candidiasis 40 percent; bacterial vaginosis 25 percent), followed...crap

thymidine associated mutations
Are there any mutations in HIV RT which confer resistance to both of the thymidine nucleoside analcrap

Causes of Early Mortality in HIV-Infected TB Suspects in an Ugandan Referral Hospital
Autopsy studies provide the majority of data on the etiology of respiratory infections, a leading cause of death in Africa, particularly among HIV-infected patients. The study authors evaluated pneumonia cases associated with early mortality among hospitalized HIV-infected patients at Mulago Hospital...crap

Influenzavirus Infection Is a Primary Cause of Febrile Respiratory Illness in HIV-Infected Adults, Despite Vaccination
"There are, to our knowledge, no prospective studies of respiratory tract infections in [HIV]-infected... of outpatients who presented with fever and respiratory symptoms to examine the role of viral pathogens....0C and respiratory symptoms were recruited from a tertiary care HIV clinic. Real-time multiplex...crap

Antibiotics: Not Always the Answer for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
through the wee hours of the morning. Adults with upper respiratory tract infections try to decide..., cough and headache have a viral upper respiratory infection (the common cold). Viruses do not respond... are prescribed at the same time.   Bacterial or Viral Cause of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection...crap