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Same symptoms I usually get for upper respiratory infection. Looks like we will be going to the doctor tomorrow if things do not change quickly for the better. I am currently attributing this to several things, loss of sleep, increasing aspiration frequency, and my immunodeficient state. Increasing aspiration frequency definitely increases susceptibility to upper respiratory infections, along with my weakening coughing and secretion removal abilities that are slowly weakening. Weakened secretion clearing and cough ability are common in neuro-degenerative disease and lead to many deaths due to the very heavily increased upper respiratory infection frequency. Hence, Respironics corp. came into the picture with a specialized Non Invasive Burst Ventilator also known as the Respironics CoughAssist. It is a type of Non Invasive Ventilator that the user is interfaced with a mask, The CoughAssist adds inspiratory pressure to push a good amount of air into the lungs and then quickly reverses the pressure, This creates an artificially produced cough. Sounds like something that might come into my picture in the future.

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