Bronchiectasis is dilation and inflammation of the airways with lots of thick, sticky mucous production. Bronchiectasis is permanent damage, can result from repeat infections or certain types of infection (MAC tends to be a huge culprit here). I have mild bronchiectasis from atypical CF and am treated with nebulized antibiotics (inhaled tobramycin every other month for pseudomonas infection), zithromax and IV"s when necessary.
Getting into a bronchiectstasis clinic would be even better for you as you would qualify for studies and new medications. Have you had a sputum culture done to check for any bacteria or fungus growth? That would be a good idea as treatment is also geared towards what you grow out in your lungs.
Remember, I am not a doctor, just someone who has been around the block. If you have any questions, please ask and I will do my best to help out.
Good luck, this all must be overwhelming.
Was diagnosed with dry bronchiectasis 2017. Didnt have any phlegm and I coughed up blood for the fist time (1/2 cup) I was hospitalized and got discharged after 8 days they were having a hard time figuring out where the blood came from. Then they saw the xray and scan and it shows dilation of airways. Was informed I can go back to normal activity like exercising and stuff.
After 3 years, it happened again without warning.
Update: I went in for a second opinion. I do have bronchiectasis and that is the reason for the continued green phelgm after the pneumonia has cleared. The doctor is having me use a vest airway clearance system and nebulizer to help me loosen and rid myself of the mucus.
I to have bronchiectasis (due to atypical CF) and am also doing daily chest physio using the VEST. I am on mucolytics as well to break up the mucous...specifically pulmozyme which actually breaks down the DNA of mucous and thins it out. Another one that is commonly used is Mucomyst. I use other nebulizers to help open up my airways such as Xopenex. The coughing might be irritation, I know that I get into some pretty awful coughing fits at times.
I have bronchiectasis as well, mild though due to atypical CF (cystic fibrosis). I know of a few people who have had lobectemies done to remove severely damaged portions of the lungs to help decrease the amount of infections. If left in place, the affected lobe reinfects other parts of the lungs. Do you do any airway clearance to help with mucous drainage?
Back last week Pulmn Dr plan is to do Ct scan in 2-3 weeks , has said what i have based on all symptoms e.tc. that i have bronchiectasis has given me letter for my GP to prescribe long term antibiotics and inhaler and also physiotherapy. I am concerned he also asked about my childhood history i told him i was healthy and that the only thing i remember was having sunray treatment as i was supposedly thin.
The distribution of the bronchiectasis helps narrow differential diagnosis. For example, bronchiectasis most pronounced in the right middle lobe and lingula raises the possibility of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection.
the doctor gave me the medicine EMOSOLINE,and i have been taking it for the last 4 months,but when i consult it with the other doctor emosoline is not the right drug for bronchiectasis this disease is not-curable disase.i am fearing about it...but after taking emosoline for 5 months ,Interstingly now i dont have cough...but i have chest pain little...
1.Am i going for the right path of treatment.?
2.Whether bronchiectasis is curable disease???if it what should be the drugs?
3.
I have bronchiectasis for 10 years. I according to doctors advice: claping the chest for cleaning the mucous 2-3 times one day, but it always spit blood mix the sputum per 2 month period. It is not too serious, but it can't not cured completely. I conform with doctors advice much better, but it is not obvious effectively. After 10 years, the condition is not change. Are there any method can cure this illness .
im coughing up blood every other day or so for a year now. it gets worse when i talk a lot . i have a have chest pains and dizziness after coughing up blood and have a shortness of breath what do u think it is ??
Primary bronchomalacia can also pre-dispose one to this disease, generally initially with anatomically limited bronchiectasis. Immunodeficiency states are often seen with bronchiectasis and, with or without immunodeficiency, bronchiectasis is also caused by a variety of infectious agents, most notoriously with atypical forms of tuberculosis (TB), encompassed by the term, mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
i know she has dust alleries and sneezes when its dusty, she doesnt take anything for that, she has been in inhalers for her asthma for a long time, could her bronchiectasis have been caused by dust? also what ways are there to cure bronchiectasis, any kind of surgeries that would cure it?
what is the best medecine to cure the bronchiectasis? is there a chance in the future that the xray result of the bronchiectasis patient change and become normal?
Can Bronchiectasis result after just one run in with acute bronchitis that lasted about 3 weeks?
I read that it can occur after recurrent infections, but I only had one...acute bronchitis.
I ask this because after being diagnosed with acute bronchitis 5 weeks ago and having it for 3 weeks, my cough got MUCH MUCH better, but I still can hear/feel the "chest congestion" and purposefully cough to attempt to get rid of the phlegm in my lungs/chest.
I just got diagnosed with bronchiectasis. What does this mean for me? I am a non-smoker, I am 55 year-old female. I have no history of anything with regard to chemicals, or inhaling an object, or AIDS, or cystic fibrosis. My chest pain began when I was 15 years old.
I do have aortic valve insufficiency (mild, no big deal). I have hypothyroidism, and food allergies (MAJOR, and extensive). I have had a colon resection due to diverticulitis when I was 40.
Hello. We're sorry you recently got this diagnosis. https://www.webmd.com/lung/what-is-bronchiectasis#1. Are you prescribed a nebulizer or what type of treatment has been suggested?
I get IVIG for the CVID, am on Advair 100/50, Singulair and Mucinex, along with other meds for other problems. I then go for a physical with my GP, he listens to me for a long time, insists that I take my Mucinex TWICE a day(had only been taking it once, twice sometimes), and writes the diagnosis of COPD, along with my other problems on blood work orders.
t have any previous disease record (except for pneumonia when I was 6) or surgery history (except for wisdom teeth removal in August under local anesthesia).
Since I don't know what relates to what, I'll start from the very beginning:
Since the beginning of this year I have been getting a LOT of yellow mucus on my throat, which I managed to spit out when coughing.
I have bronchiectasis (have atypical CF) and am on a rigorous daily treatment to help keep my lungs clear. For one, I do chest physiotherapy twice a day at a minimum to loosen my thick sputum using the Vest (a device that I put on, kind of looks like a life jacket, which is then hooked to a machine that pumps air in and out at a high frequency. This pounds my chest very effectively).
and “b)Few fibrotic lesions are also seen in the apical segment of right upper lobe,” are consistent with a prior infection, possibly tuberculosis d(TB). Bronchiectasis, be it due to TB or another cause can be responsible for chronic cough and/or recurrent infection but when localized as this bronchiectasis seems to be, is more of a nuisance than a sign of serious disease and not at all suggestive of any diffuse, interstitial disease of the lung.
I have also been diagnosed with bronchiectasis. I have been infection-free for 3 months now--yeah! I have pain in my right lung which I believe is scar tissue from pneumonia I suffered from last year. In addition to this web-site, there is a web-site called Bronchiectasis R Us and you will learn a LOT about the disease. You should be using a flutter device or an airway clearance vest to keep your lungs clear. Good luck.
It might be a congenital bronchiectasis for your child. Does he get recurrent sinusitis or rhinitis? Please strictly follow the instructions of your pulmonologist.
I started out with a nasal pillow set up for the first 3 days of the C-PAP.My mouth kept flopping open so I asked for the full-face mask. Much better now and I can sleep on my side if I want. The heart Dr put me on coreg cause of my high blood pressure(160ish over 90ish) and I already take lisinopril cause of diabetes and the kidney thing. No kidney probs so the lisinopril is safeguarding that I was told.
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