My granddaughter took these photos, I am still in recovery from the exhaustion connected with my move from Arizona to Oregon.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
TUCKERED
My granddaughter took these photos, I am still in recovery from the exhaustion connected with my move from Arizona to Oregon.
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
No one knows why some individuals become infected by some varieties of mycobacteria. The most common among these uncommon cases, is mycobacterium avium-intercellulare. The incidence computed with incomplete stats, is rumored to be 1.8 cases per 100,000 population.
There is no international standard nomenclature either for referencing, so this particular complex may be referred to by MAC, MAI or NTM. These "bugs" belong to the same family as tuberculosis but there is no contagion involved. Since so little is known, we get treated with the drugs used for regular TB.
It is generally agreed that the incidence is increasing - however there is no way of knowing whether this increase may be solely attributable to improved technology in identifying them because of advanced microbiological laboratory techniques or more exposure with changes in the environment.
Some connection to environment is exhibited in other known lung diseases, they sometimes have been called farmer's lung, hot tub lung, black lung, etc. --then there are also the asbestos induced diseases of the pulmonary system. Those do not have the same degree of mystery though as the MAI complex.
Even though not much is new as far as treatment protocols are concerned, there have been identification of many new species.
On this blog I will tell about my experience coping with this disease.
graysmoke
There is no international standard nomenclature either for referencing, so this particular complex may be referred to by MAC, MAI or NTM. These "bugs" belong to the same family as tuberculosis but there is no contagion involved. Since so little is known, we get treated with the drugs used for regular TB.
It is generally agreed that the incidence is increasing - however there is no way of knowing whether this increase may be solely attributable to improved technology in identifying them because of advanced microbiological laboratory techniques or more exposure with changes in the environment.
Some connection to environment is exhibited in other known lung diseases, they sometimes have been called farmer's lung, hot tub lung, black lung, etc. --then there are also the asbestos induced diseases of the pulmonary system. Those do not have the same degree of mystery though as the MAI complex.
Even though not much is new as far as treatment protocols are concerned, there have been identification of many new species.
On this blog I will tell about my experience coping with this disease.
graysmoke
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