Treatment

Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis

CPA is a long term aspergillus infection of the lung and Aspergillus fumigatusis almost always the species responsible for this illness. Sufferers of CPA have healthy immune systems which under usual circumstances would completely eradicate an infection by this fungus. Consequently the infection cannot rapidly invade the patient but manages to inhabit areas of the body where it can find a toehold.

Oral Steroid information

This drug belongs to the group of medicines known as glucocorticoids. Prednisolone can be used to help control inflammatory and allergic disorders such as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and colitis by suppressing inflammation.

Prednisolone is available in tablet, soluble tablet and injection form. It is also available in enteric-coated form, which means they do not start to break down until they have travelled through the stomach and have reached the small intestine. This reduces the risk of stomach irritation.

ABPA information

This is a condition where a patient develops an allergy to the spores of Aspergillus moulds. Predominantly it affects asthma patients but also cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis patients. 

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