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Has anyone tried hydrogen inhalation therapy or hydrogenated water?
I have done some reading on hydrogen inhalation therapy. There are references to it being helpful with lung problems and covid, but not specifically to NTM. I have been trying inhaled hydrogen and drinking hydrogenated water for a few weeks and I think it may be helping. Is there any research on this or has anyone else tried it?
Background: I have had NTM for almost 5 years, I've never had a successful culture so don't take any drugs.
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Karen,
I have never tried it. I would only try therapies if there is research based evidence on the effectiveness of it.
Below are two articles from the NIH on the subject. It looks promising for the future but the research will take time: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7186690/
It reads promising for respiratory conditions but doesn’t specify NTM infections: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8861563/
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