DH has been ill with chest infections a lot over the last year or so averaging a ourse of A/B's a month plus 3 lots of steriods a year (on top of his asthma stuff)
We saw a private specialist in December & he referred us the the chest defense clinic at Papworth
He had tests 3 weeks ago & we saw the consultant today - it went really well (apart from the Dr ignoring everything I said & DH having to repeat it)
But he has had some inoculations, and there is an antibody to Pneumonia 14 (or something) that he is very low in & he will always get this infection
But basically there is this really nasty bug which lives in the cells of the lung & causes chest infections
He has to have 2 weeks of A/B (really strong ones) everytime he gets an infection (keep them in the cupboard just in case) and over 18m to 2 yrs he will gradually get better
This bug isn't always grown when he gives a sample as it's funny like that
Well - my mum & I have said for the last year - that he had a bug & the A/B's never cleared it - so we were right