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Could Primary Immunodeficiency explain why my lungs never heal...?

I keep thinking it may be COPD or chronic bronchitis...I even compared the cough to AIDS...but knew I test neg for AIDS. So if I stay on anti-biotics but never get past my respiratory problems, does it sound like Primary Immunodeficiency? I just saw a commercial on Headline News. I had never heard of Primary Immunodeficiency before. It does seem to explain what I have been dealing with. Anyone here have any experience with Primary Immunodeficiency or its patients? I have been bronchil my whole life. Right now I have atelectasis or partially collapsed lung. I have been to the doctor twice in ten days. I am going to ask for t cell and b cell count next time I go...January... yes with a collapsed lung...you are definately short of breath...that is how I found out about the collapsed lung...I went in especially beacuse of the short of breath thing. There has to be a BIG reason why I never heal, meds do me no good, and I seem to be constantly sick. I think is PI or CVI. I was around my granddaddy who smoke for years. He eventually died of asbestos cancer which worries me. I could have breathed those fibers from his clothing. He mixed paint for making ceiling board. He worked for Owens Corning.

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1. Did your doctor check your blood work? I was curious what your White Blood count was, what it looked like on a smear if they performed one? Are you anemic? Any fever? Are you Short of breath? If your doctor is not helping you I would suggest switching if you can. Also, if this continues I would go to a hospital. If the antibiotics are not working then they do not match the infection that is going on with your lungs. Are you a smoker? Allergies? Etc.