Have any of you stopped keeping pet birds like parakeets after successful treatment of lungs TB?
Budgies produce a lot of dander and can cause bids fanciers disease. This disease ultimately causes lungs scaring and fibrosis.
About 2 weeks ago, I had tonsil problem with a runny nose and dry cough, went to a pharmacy and was prescribed antibiotics, gastrics meds, anti cold allergy meds, anti inflamation meds (3 days) all these for total 15 days. After finishing the medicine my tonsil and cold cough problem was solved.
But, these past 4-5 days, i feel like i have shortness of breath, chest feels heavy when trying to breathe in. I felt sharp pain in middle of lungs and numbess in lower part of lungs or ribs in my back, when trying to taking full deep breaths. When i try to take a deep breath it feels like something is stuck, it doesnor hurt, and another with another breath i can finally take deep breathe. The pain has greatly decreased today.
I have no weight loss, loss of appetite, fever or night sweats.
After tb, i always have this anxiety, if something feels off in my chest, i run to a doctor. Done the same once in past, and was told i had gastrics. Also, the pain in my chest might be from, me forcing deep breaths when anxious.
I have important exams this week, but this time it also feels different, so i plan to go for a checkup the next week.
So whats real is that, my lungs have become very sensitive to infections, all what i am feeling now might be aftereffects of 15 days of different meds and that tonsil infection
So, me keeping budgies knowing they might be the reason for my next infection is giving me health anxiety.
I have about 15 of them and been keeping them since last 7-8 years. i have greatly reduced their numbers over the past months, their cage is outside in the balcony, so i am exposed to dander onky when i go near them or clean their cage. My problem is that I impulsively add more and their number also increase after they have chicks .
To stop keeping budgies seems like a overall better decision but my attachment to them over the years had made it very difficult to do so.