"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:43:29 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>>
>>"Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>>> 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.
>
> Nebulizers definitely cause infections... nebulizers suck up schmutz
> like a vacuum cleaner and it's near impossible to keep them
> sanitized.... the tubing gets filthy, the filter becomes germ laden,
> the entire thing is a disaster. Fortunately I no longer use a
> nebulizer, there are new drugs now that work very well.

I only use mine when I am desperate. I hate it. But I do agree about the
drugs.


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