Just getting started Return to previous page 12/11/2019 1075 Views 2 Answers Last Activity: 6 years ago, Ksmiles123 Tags: Crohns MAI Question: 0 lmb100 6 years ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel Just getting started lmb100 6 years ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments I am an older woman with a lifelong history of respiratory allergies with frequently recurring dry cough, and a tendency for colds to develop into bronchitis. I also have Crohns colitis, which spreads occasionally to my upper GI, and have been in remission on an immunosuppressive for about 20 years. Last winter I had a month long bout with bronchitis and possibly pneumonia. My pneumonologist, who works at a large respiratory center in a top hospital, said at that point that I might have MAI but not badly enough to warrant treatment. Coughing and colds continued for a year and here I am again with bad bronchitis and a strong wish not to deal with pneumonia again. Based on Xrays, she now thinks bronchiectasis and prescribed prednisone and levaquin. After checking out the levaquin I called her nurse and asked for something else, no response yet. (It seems to me that the incidence of bad side effects may be low but the seriousness of the side effects brings the drug risk up considerably.) With a long history of IBD, I can see where this is going. I have three questions for this group of people much more experienced than I am: what tests should I be having to determine what exactly is going on, so I can be proactive, and what antibiotic do you take instead of levaquin? And are there any other Cronies in the group? Thanks for being here.
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