Re: Upper Respiratory Infections

[Guest guest]

Since Rick's decompression on 7/98, he has had NOT ONE respiratory

illness. And we're both smokers too, so I guess that's pretty

incredible!! I hadn't thought of it til now, but he's actually been

rather " healthy " since the decompression.......sure, he feels like

hell, but he hasn't caught any of the bugs that are going around.

There was a bout with something similar to the stomach flu for about

three days, but we never did figure out if it was the flu, or the

result of him over-doing it on the weekend.

Wendi

" cathy m. " wrote:

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> I just read something that said Chiari causes a person to have more

> upper respiratory infections. Does anyone else know anything about

> this. Our daughter who was dxd with ACM has had a lot of these

> infection lately. Our Dr. told us it had nothing to do with Chiari.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

[Guest guest]

wrote,

> Our Dr. told us it had nothing to do with Chiari.

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That sounds almost as stupid as the Dr. who told my sister, that all

of her lung infections, and pneumonia, were caused by eating red meat.

" Yeah, that's it "

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" cathy m. " wrote:

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OK, I think I can answer this with confidence. (watch me blow it now

that I've said that)

There is a term used in medicine, by some, called " aspiration

pneumonia " .

This is caused by saliva, and other liquids, taken into the lungs

accidently due to some problem in the throat. I personally believe,

it's been mentioned somewhere before, about the electrical signal

getting screwed up,

between the brain and the throat, possibly swallowing muscles, or the

muscle which does the work of switching the passage way from the lungs

, to the esopheagous, and vice versa.

When this happens , as is almost constant in my sister, (especially

with the auto immune disorder,which I am pretty sure can be existent in

chairi, and fibro type people too : (

Anyway the fluids that accumulate in the lungs can cause infections ,

including pneumonia , bronchial infections etc.

That fluid is not supposed to be lying in there, and can , and does

stagnate, if you will.

You can take it from there.

It is common sense after reading about it , and watching two people

with the same problems for some time now.

Sorry so long. A little frayed on this end.

I am no authority. Please correct as needed.

Several specialsts here didn't even know what aspiration was, let alone

aspiration pneumonia, in 98 !

Pretty sure I can trust my memory this morning.

Terry