On Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 4:43:39 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On 10/10/2015 5:21 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:49:20 -0400, jmcquown >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 10/10/2015 8:22 AM, sf wrote:
> >>>>> He lives a pretty much isolated life, so his immune system
> >>>>> is easy pickins for any stray germ or virus he comes into contact with
> >>>>> during his occasional forays into society.
> >>>>>
> >>>> I live a pretty isolated life, too, but I do actually venture out and
> >>>> about. I don't catch every little bug that comes along. People
> >>>> sneeze,
> >>>> people cough. I don't get sick as a result of being exposed to them..
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Barbara's hypothesis is nonsense. I live in an isolated community, and
> >>> yet I rarely ever get colds, flu and gastro. I go into Launceston and
> >>> people are sneezing and coughing... I never catch a damned thing.
> >>>
> >> Guess we're just lucky. Actually, Sheldon has mentioned he has COPD
> >> for which he uses a nebulizer. I'm not a doctor, obviously, but that
> >> might make him more prone to bacterial type respiratory infections which
> >> would require antibiotics.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> > I do too, and it does.
>
> I use a nebuliser too, and that relieves my problems Do you think the use
> causes infection? I use it when I have infections because it gives some
> relief.
>
> The idea that it causes infection isn't something I had considered.

Steroids depress the immune response. Of course, not all inhalers
are steroids.

Cindy Hamilton