Hi Joan,
I don't know if your son is pre or post transplant.
But when I was a little over a month post they did a bronch and found small traces of Aspergillus.
My transplant team didn't hesitate and called me to say they were starting me on Itraconazole 2x200 mg a day for 3 months to treat the Aspergillus. They wanted to get it early as possible.
I had to go to a lower dose of 2x100 afer a few weeks because my kidneyfunction lowered by half. But even this dose did the trick and I didn't culture any Aspergillus anymore at my 6 months post bronch and 3 bronchs after that.
My kidneys are functioning better again as well Went up to 55% instead of 38%
I don't know if your son is pre or post transplant.
But when I was a little over a month post they did a bronch and found small traces of Aspergillus.
My transplant team didn't hesitate and called me to say they were starting me on Itraconazole 2x200 mg a day for 3 months to treat the Aspergillus. They wanted to get it early as possible.
I had to go to a lower dose of 2x100 afer a few weeks because my kidneyfunction lowered by half. But even this dose did the trick and I didn't culture any Aspergillus anymore at my 6 months post bronch and 3 bronchs after that.
My kidneys are functioning better again as well Went up to 55% instead of 38%