Aspergillus Allergies

Aspergillosis Patient Support

Formerly Aspergillus Trust and
Aspergillus Website for Patients

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Video Resources for Patients

Patient Meetings

These are recordings of patient meetings on a selection of topics with questions and answers. A new one will be added each month.

1. Sources of aspergillus and how can I clean up at home? By Professor Malcolm Richardson
Click to view slides or notes

2. Antifungal drugs - problems and side effects.
By Georgina Powell. Click to view slides or notes

3.Physiotherapy- breathing techniques and importance of exercise for patients with aspergillosis. By Philip Langridge view Slides or Notes

4. Physiotherapy- how to produce a sputum sample when asked - tips to help. This is a modified concise version of the breathing techniques described above.

5. The Virtual Clinic, (video) view Slides or Notes by Deborah Kennedy, Specialist nurse.

View video interviews with patients who have aspergillus - sharing their experience with others.

Interview with Patient DW- asthma, ABPA and a photosensitive rash to voriconazole treatment
Interview with Patient HM - asthma and ABPA showed marked improvement on nebulised amphotericin B
Interview with Patient RW- chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
Interview with long term ABPA patient- very severe coughing produced huge plugs
Interview with patient MD - aspergilloma and pulmonary aspergillosis -develops azole drug resistance

View short clips from patients attending the patients meetings- describing their experiences and using the National Aspergillosis Centre:

Clip1 Elizabeth with allergic aspergillosis.
Clip2 A patient with an aspergilloma
Clip3 A patient with severe asthma with fungal sensitivity
Clip4 A patient's wife describes her husband's CPA and their experiences.
Clip5 A patient's wife describes her experiences.

Rome Meeting - view videos
Information from the Aspergillosis for Patients meeting in Rome in February 2010, a series of talks from medical specialists designed to inform patients.

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Air Quality at the Aspergillus Website
Visit articles and pollen & mold information here

Airborne spores
Spore count information across the UK. Find out how bad your area is this week.

Fungal spore forecasting - UK

National Allergy Bureau USA - Spore counts from across USA: find out what the counts are like in your area this week.