I was 10 yrs of age with asthma, not as bad as my brother, but parents sent me to asthma clinic in switzerland. our clothes kept in damp cellar. came home after 6 weeks,having lost 2 stone (28 lbs). mum took me to gp who said "dont fuss". Mum then took me to middlesex...

March 2009 A case of surgical removal of an aspergilloma. History Treatment Considering operation Operation Post Operation 1. HistoryIn 1974, I was diagnosed with a large pneumathorax, a collapsed right lung. Attempts to inflate it failed and after several weeks in...

I am 71 years old and have had problems with my lungs since I was 15. My first experience, when I was 15, was spontaneous pneumothorax. I had several partial collapses, mostly of my right lung. At the age of 18 I was treated by having olive oil injected into the...

I had sinus problems in 2006 and it wasn't until I started losing the sight in my right eye that a very wonderful doctor got VERY concerned about me and made it his personal goal to solve what was happening to me. MRI showed I had mysterious fluid around my optic...

Hello Here is my Aspergillosis story... I started having problems with my health around the end of 2006. It began with problems eating then succumbing to emphysema due to smoking. I was diagnosed as having Dysphagia and I was loosing weight all the time. My family...

This story was sent in to the Aspergillosis Patients support group in 2001. Mary Jo was an active member of the Aspergillus Support Group and she has suffered from Allergic BronchoPulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) for most of her life. This disease is caused by a...

My story – medical I am 75 and I am writing this in the hope of encouraging new patients to believe that diagnoses which sound awful might not be as bad as they sound. So keep reading past the beginning. Current diagnosesABPA and asthma (formerly included...