News & Updates
The NAC CARES team (Graham, Chris, Beth & Lauren) keep track of all the latest aspergillosis related medical and scientific happenings and bring together the most important bits in our blog and newsletter. We write them in non-technical language.
Blog Articles
Leaflets
Videos
External links
Fungal Infection Trust
The NAC, together with colleagues at the University of Manchester Fungal Research Group (MFIG) work alongside the Fungal Infection Trust (FIT). Click for more about FIT.
Disability assessment
In order to claim government help for living with a disability you will have to complete a disability assessment. We have gathered tips from those who have been through the process.
Finding an advocate
If you have concerns with how your aspergillosis is being managed, or questions about its treatment, you may need an independent advocate to help express your wishes.
John Guto: Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis
John Guto lives with Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis and this is his story. .
Jacqueline: Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis
In order to claim government help for living with a disability you will have to complete a disability assessment. We have gathered tips from those who have been through the process.
Stephen Entwistle: Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis
If you have concerns with how your aspergillosis is being managed, or questions about its treatment, you may need an independent advocate to help express your wishes.
Nasilele Simukulva: Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis
John Guto lives with Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis which followed on from Tuberculosis. This is his story.
A patient describes his life with CPA
Woodrow Maitland tells his experience of having aspergillosis. Like most people he hadn’t heard of aspergillosis until he was finally diagnosed and treated at the NAC.
Patients experience with 3 antifungals
Patient DW with childhood asthma and ABPA, describes his experience with 3 different azole antifungal drugs and showed an improvement when taking posaconazole.
Stewart Armstrong' story
I am trying to raise as much awareness as possible for two diseases I have Sarcoidosis and Aspergillosis and you can all help me achieve my goal.
Active cycle of breathing technique
Simple steps to help loosen phlegm in the lungs and easily produce sputum samples for testing in the clinic. (For aspergillosis patients or anyone with respiratory illnesses.)
Breaking thought cycles through mindfulness
Psychiatrist Judson Brewer shares ground-breaking research on the mechanism of mindfulness practices that effectively help quell cravings of all kinds, including smoking.
Catherine survived acute invasive aspergillosis
Video interview with Catherine who developed severe invasive aspergillosis, following a kidney transplant, but was successfully treated with antifungal drugs.
Patient DW: Asthma & ABPA
Video interview with this patient with childhood asthma and ABPA. After persistent chest infections and continuous steroids and a bad productive cough, Aspergillus was cultured from sputum in 2002.
Patient HM: Asthma & ABPA
Video interview with patient with childhood asthma and ABPA, who showed a marked improvement in her ABPA and asthma when she commenced nebulised Amphotericin B.
Long-term ABPA patient
Video Interview with long-term ABPA patient who coughed up large sputum plugs.
Patient with CPA who developed azole resistance
Patient with an aspergilloma and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, diagnosed after coughing up blood later developed azole resistance on voriconazole
CPA patient on long-term antifungals
This patient RW- with long term chronic pulmonary aspergillosis describes his experiences over 18 years during which he has taken various antifungal treatments.