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--- home:symptoms:respiratory [07.31.2013] – add note with recent experience by Lori with nebulizer joyful
+++ home:symptoms:respiratory [08.23.2017] – [Nasal irrigation and neti pots] deleted link to old patient record sallieq
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-====== Managing respiratory symptoms     ======
-<note warning>Patients at risk for respiratory problems should ask their physicians for a prescription for supplemental oxygen.</note>
+====== Respiratory symptoms ======
+===== Emergency management =====
+<mainarticle> [[home:special:hospitals_emergencies|Hospitals and emergencies – For Patients]] </article>
-A variety of strategies that do not involve medication are available for patients who have uncomfortable respiratory symptoms including breathing exercises, getting more fluids, rest, and others. Also, patients have reported relief taking guaifenesin, using [[home:othertreatments:bronchodilator_inhalers|bronchodilator inhalers]] ([[home:othertreatments:steroid_inhalers|steroid inhalers]] are contraindicated), and [[home:othertreatments:nebulizers|nebulizers]].  [[home:othertreatments:oxygen|Supplemental oxygen]] may be useful or necessary in some cases even though it may be needed only for a few hours a day for a few months.
+Emergency medical personnel should know that a patient is on the MP. The article [[home:physicians:emergency|Notice for health care providers]] provides information that emergency medical personnel need to know.
-While it is certainly possible to contract an acute respiratory infection while on the Marshall Protocol, many symptoms of immunopathology mimic those of an [[home:diseases:acute_respiratory|acute respiratory infection]]. Early recognition and effective management of immunopathology are very important when a patient has respiratory symptoms. Any symptom that correlates with MP therapy may be due to immunopathology.
-Emergency medical personnel should know that a patient is on the MP. The article [[home:physicians:emergency|Notice for health care providers]] provides information that emergency medical personnel need to know.
+==== Be alert for throat tightening ====
+Patients who feel throat tightening, a lump in the throat, or difficulty swallowing due to inflammation should take immediated measures to reduce immunopathology. If exacerbated respiratory symptoms threaten to close the airway, seek medical attention immediately.
-===== Immunopathology increases respiratory symptoms =====
+Swallowing is a process that requires correct functioning of the salivary glands, tongue, pharynx, larynx, esophogus and associated muscles and nerves. It is not unusual for people with sarcoidosis or other obstructive respiratory diseases to experience dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) as a symptom and as immunopathology.
-Early recognition and effective [[home:mp:managing_immunopathology|management of immunopathology]] are very important when a patient has respiratory symptoms. Any symptom that correlates with MP therapy may be due to immunopathology. Whenever the cause of symptoms is in doubt, an extra olmesartan may help dampen them. Increase olmesartan to every four hours (for 24 hours if no immediate result) to see if it relieves symptoms.
+While dysphagia may begin abruptly, patients can be on the alert for alterations in the functioning of their throat and voice box that would signal they might also have a problem if you ate at that time. The vocal cords must be able to close properly to avoid choking.
-<blockquote>Cold-like symptoms, including coughing, are a common immune system reaction. Getting well with the Marshall Protocol always involves immune system reactions. These reactions can be symptoms you currently have, symptoms you've had before or brand new symptoms.
+Avoid experiencing this intolerable immunopathology by maintaining the olmesartan blockade, thereby ensuring that olmesartan dosing doesn't lapse before one eats. It will probably be of limited benefit taking oral olmesartan at the time of dysphagia. However, chewing the tablet and [[home:mp:olmesartan:dosing#sublingual_administration|placing it under the tongue]] may provide faster symptom relief.
-The MP will make no difference to the course of a cold. If anything, it will allow the immune system a better chance to fight the virus. On the other hand, flu-like symptoms are a very common manifestation of immunopathology. They come and go more quickly than a viral cold does.
+<note warning>Patients at risk for respiratory problems should ask their physicians for a prescription for supplemental oxygen.</note>
- //**Trevor Marshall, PhD**// </blockquote>
-Note that immunopathology may be mistaken for an upper respiratory infection.
+===== Managing respiratory symptoms =====
+A variety of strategies that do not involve medication are available for patients who have uncomfortable respiratory symptoms including breathing exercises, getting more fluids, rest, and others. Also, patients have reported relief taking guaifenesin, using [[home:othertreatments:bronchodilator_inhalers|bronchodilator inhalers]] ([[home:othertreatments:steroid_inhalers|steroid inhalers]] are contraindicated), and [[home:othertreatments:nebulizers|nebulizers]].  [[home:othertreatments:oxygen|Supplemental oxygen]] may be useful or necessary in some cases even though it may be needed only for a few hours a day for a few months.
-===== Emergency management =====
+While it is certainly possible to contract an acute respiratory infection while on the Marshall Protocol, many symptoms of immunopathology mimic those of an [[home:diseases:acute_respiratory|acute respiratory infection]]. Early recognition and effective management of immunopathology are very important when a patient has respiratory symptoms. Any symptom that correlates with MP therapy may be due to immunopathology.
-<mainarticle> [[home:special:hospitals_emergencies|Hospitals and emergencies – For Patients]] </article>
 Emergency medical personnel should know that a patient is on the MP. The article [[home:physicians:emergency|Notice for health care providers]] provides information that emergency medical personnel need to know.
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-==== Be alert for throat tightening ====
+===== Immunopathology increases respiratory symptoms =====
-Patients who feel throat tightening, a lump in the throat, or difficulty swallowing due to inflammation should take immediated measures to reduce immunopathology. If exacerbated respiratory symptoms threaten to close the airway, seek medical attention immediately.
+Early recognition and effective [[home:mp:managing_immunopathology|management of immunopathology]] are very important when a patient has respiratory symptoms. Any symptom that correlates with MP therapy may be due to immunopathology. Whenever the cause of symptoms is in doubt, an extra olmesartan may help dampen them. Increase olmesartan to every four hours (for 24 hours if no immediate result) to see if it relieves symptoms.
-Swallowing is a process that requires correct functioning of the salivary glands, tongue, pharynx, larynx, esophogus and associated muscles and nerves. It is not unusual for people with sarcoidosis or other obstructive respiratory diseases to experience dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) as a symptom and as immunopathology.
+<blockquote>Cold-like symptoms, including coughing, are a common immune system reaction. Getting well with the Marshall Protocol always involves immune system reactions. These reactions can be symptoms you currently have, symptoms you've had before or brand new symptoms.
-While dysphagia may begin abruptly, patients can be on the alert for alterations in the functioning of their throat and voice box that would signal they might also have a problem if you ate at that time. The vocal cords must be able to close properly to avoid choking.
+The MP will make no difference to the course of a cold. If anything, it will allow the immune system a better chance to fight the virus. On the other hand, flu-like symptoms are a very common manifestation of immunopathology. They come and go more quickly than a viral cold does.
-Avoid experiencing this intolerable immunopathology by maintaining the olmesartan blockade, thereby ensuring that olmesartan dosing doesn't lapse before one eats. It will probably be of limited benefit taking oral olmesartan at the time of dysphagia. However, chewing the tablet and [[home:mp:olmesartan:dosing#sublingual_administration|placing it under the tongue]] may provide faster symptom relief.
+ //**Trevor Marshall, PhD**// </blockquote>
+Note that immunopathology may be mistaken for an upper respiratory infection.
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 ==== Nasal irrigation and neti pots ====
-[[http://www.marshallprotocol.com/view_topic.php?id=14552&forum_id=11|Several patients]] on the Marshall Protocol site have been advocating (and using with good results) neti pots for sinus and other nasal issues.  But, there have been reports of [[http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/16/9503070-brain-eating-amoeba-kills-2-via-neti-pots|deaths]] resulting from using tap water in neti pots. Instead, patients considering nasal irrigation should use distilled or other purified (boiled) water.
+Several patients on the Marshall Protocol site have been advocating (and using with good results) neti pots for sinus and other nasal issues.  But, there have been reports of [[http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/16/9503070-brain-eating-amoeba-kills-2-via-neti-pots|deaths]] resulting from using tap water in neti pots. Instead, patients considering nasal irrigation should use distilled or other purified (boiled) water.

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