bronschospasmic aspergilliosis

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This is a fungal infection of the lungs which appears

on CT as balls of fungus. Patients have very high IgE

levels and their lung tissue is infected with

aspergilliosus, a common mold. A chest CT would

confirm/rule it out. A woman on the webmd asthma board

has/had it and I have been checked as should all

severe esp steroid-dependent asthmatics...These

patients also have VERY bad asthma with no real other

explanation.

ps It is treatable with high dose pred and

antifungals.

--- kathy eisen <kathyh1942@...> wrote:

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Hi:

I read your e-mail and I'm really sorry about your

son. As soon as I read a little bit, I knew it was

" mold " . Keep fighting the insurance company, he has

to have the shots. Also make sure there's no mold in

his room no carpet and wipe everything clean daily

with damp cloth. If he has a carpet in his room there

could be mold under it???? Also, Honeywell make a good

air purifyer

ipedlnpadl <IpedLnpadL@...> wrote:

Hi there,

so glad I found this! My son, 14 has had asthma all

his life. He's

been on Advair 100, Albuterol for several years,

Singular for a

year. However; the past 2 mos. have been hell. We

moved into

another home then. It's an older one in a much nicer

area. This

allowed my son to go to a better school and play

football, his #1

love in life, for a school who is known for a run

offense. He's a RB

and MLB. Anyway, 3 wks. ago, he was getting good

grades, walking

around campus and making new friends and racking up

yardage and

sacks, albeit coughing and having attacks much more

than ever. He

started to need his portable nebulizer on the

sidelines. Today: he's

on Advair 500/50, Prednisone 30 mg., day, Intal,

Albuterol, Xopenex,

Atrovent, Singulair, Claritin D, Flonase and Spiriva

and had a

Prednisone injection. He is on " home hospital " and has

a tutor

visiting him every day. Forget football! He is still

having numerous

asthma attacks throughout the day and night. The

Pulmonary

Specialists sent him to the Allergy Specialists today

who tested

him. They did the RAST on his back. All was calm

except for a fiery

red, swollen area where she did molds. His Ig e levels

came back at

2300. The doctor said he is a good candidate for

Xolair. We have BC

PPO but she said the insurance fight it. With his

history (4 ER

visits in 3 yrs) and the escalation in the past 2

mos., how COULD

they? Anyway, I'm sure you've all gone through this.

Any words of

encouragement. He's basically " bubble boy " these days.

What a life:-/