"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Yes, but I avoid steroids like the plague and will only take them when I
have no choice.


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