<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Nightwriter</b></i>
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<br />Hi Ymikale,
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<br />I happened to see this thread thread today and you are indeed right about me using Turmeric at one time. Let me explain further and offer the research that I am aware of.
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<br />A few years ago, after doing really well, there was a huge fire in my neighborhood. The inflammation created by all the smoke sent me into a quick spiral down. In addition to P.A. I suddenly had MRSA. I used inhaled Tobi and Cipro. I had taken Cipro for a bladder infection in the past year too. Months later, suddenly I was resistant to ALL antibiotics except for one IV drug. I was stunned. Cipro has been known to do this (google for more info).
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<br />I went to a top infectious disease specialist at a major medical center and he told me that they would test me for combinations of antibiotics that in synergy could fight the P.A. strains that were resistant. I have seen this discussed here many times.
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<br />Instead, I wanted to try to find additional ways to fight inflammation and the resulting infections. I knew that if I could stay well and off of antibiotics for what I hoped could be a year, the sensitivities to the antibiotics might return. I added a few things to my anti-anflammatory regimin.
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<br />1) Hypertonic Saline which was not mass marketed yet.
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<br />2) NAC
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<br />3) Turmeric Capsules
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<br />I started doing better, the sensitivities came back, and the P.A. and MRSA stoped being picked up for about 2 years. (Swine Flu triggered one strain of P.A. last December)
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<br />My doctor asked me to stop the Turmeric Capsules because she read a study which demostrated a possible connection between long term, high dosage use of Turmeric. I stopped it and see no differece -- unless this was a contributing factor to P.A. returning with the Swine Flu. I was VERY sick with the swine flu and DID treat the P.A.
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<br />Originally, I chose to add Turmeric because of a CF Foundation study. The results were not in at the time and I made a choice to try it anyway (at the time not knowing the negatives).
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<br />Here is the information on the study and why they recommend against taking it in large quantities. My doctor has told me I can sprinkle it on my food (I don't.)
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<br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/curcumin/#cf
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<br />Please Note: Don't do ANYTHING that I do without consulting your doctor. Adding the above regimen if you are not identifying and treating asthma, allergies, and chemical sensitivities will probably not help much.
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<br />The key for me has been to reduce inflammation in the body, the lungs, open the airways, and get the mucus which holds bacteria OUT.</end quote>
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<br />thanks for that info, nightwriter and sorry you had the flu!
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<br />I was not aware of that study but in any case I never give any supplements for adults to my daughter. I just sprinkle her food with curcumin.
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<br />And thanks to your advice we made many changes to our lifestyle and the envireonment (including leather sofa) and I strongly believe that she is doing much better now than a year ago, she even got over a major cold without it turning into an exacerbation!
