Originally Posted by
Birdie
It means both, more likely and more dangerous. Don't take chances. If you feel an infection you need help from a doctor much sooner than you did before Wegener's & immune suppresion drugs.
Infections can now run you down much faster, weakening your entire body to allow other issues a foot in the door. Also, prednisone pumps up your metabolism which masks the effects of infections. You may not "feel" as sick as you are. It seems that most of us here have stories of rushing to the hospital only to find out that we had multiple/serious infections at the same time.
Seven hospitalizations for infections in the first six months. Without the pred I would have known just how bad it was on all seven occasions. I'd rather not see anyone else go thru that learning curve. I have since learned... sniffle = call the doctor.
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