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Hi there. Along with having coeliac, I have only just been diagnosed with legionnaires disease. I've had it for probably two months, and only now have the diagnosis. Although not requiring hospital treatment, I feel rather lousy. Anybody got any good advise on how to manage this. ie, I need to build up my immunity. I'm not a smoker, gave up 20 years ago, have not got lung problems (though now I suspect I have), nor am I too old at 53. I don't seem to have any of the major risk factors for the disease, I guess I have just had bad luck on my side.

Thanks.

Cathy

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Hi there. Along with having coeliac, I have only just been diagnosed with legionnaires disease. I've had it for probably two months, and only now have the diagnosis. Although not requiring hospital treatment, I feel rather lousy. Anybody got any good advise on how to manage this. ie, I need to build up my immunity. I'm not a smoker, gave up 20 years ago, have not got lung problems (though now I suspect I have), nor am I too old at 53. I don't seem to have any of the major risk factors for the disease, I guess I have just had bad luck on my side.

Thanks.

Cathy

Whoever diagnosed you should have also prescribed antibiotics to kill the bacteria which causes that disease. Hopefully, you've already begun to take whatever you were prescribed. While you take any antibiotics, you may also need to take probiotics to replenish the good bacteria which the antibiotics kill while they eliminate the bad bacteria. You may also want to follow that antibiotic treatment with even more high dose probiotics. Some people prefer to only take probiotics after treatment, because they assume all the probiotics are killed off by the antibiotic drug. However, I've noticed that I don't get antibiotic induced diarrhea, when I take probiotics during antibiotic or even antiparasitic drug treatments.

SUE

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