It's been a couple of years since I first found Jim's asthma story
stuff. I was tested for M. pn and Ch pn.and have since taken quite a
few treatments of azithromycin and rulide.

Micoplasma pn. and chlamydia pn. are difficult to kick. Esp.in
Autralia where azithromycin is practically unavailable unless you have
an STD or a sympathetic Dr. I had to print off reams of Dr Hahns stuff
to get the meds I needed.

I still take a preventor every morning and night (purple puffer -
Seretide) but do not have a chronic productive cough nor constant
chest infections anymore. I never use ventolin and do not need to. My
preventor probably actually does something now, but when I had M. pn
and Ch.pn it didn't help, nor did ventolin.

This winter, in Australia, has been my BEST ever since 2000 when I had
the 'flu and normal type pn., then developed M.pn and Ch. pn. 4 years
with these infections truly does SUCK.

I still have *never* had an adult asthma attack, but coughing up that
crud and not being able to breathe was gross and debilitating.

Please, if you have "adult onset asthma" which started after a pn.or
chest infection, get tested. My 6 year old (nearly 7) actually caught
M.pn (from me, I suspect) and he has a heart defect. I insisted he was
tested for M.pn, he had it and was treated promptly with Rulide and
now, after 10 months, has stopped coughing.

These bugs are NASTY.

Stephie (H)