Finding Your Best Bronchiectasis Doctor and Treatment Strategies
Finding the best bronchiectasis doctor to help you manage your condition isn’t easy. This is particularly important when your condition is more complicated, you have a higher symptom burden or frequent infections. Breathing easy might seem an unremarkable feat to most, but for individuals suffering from bronchiectasis, it’s a daily battle. This long-term condition causes…
Are new treatments emerging for bronchiectasis?
Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung condition characterised by abnormal and permanent widening of the bronchi (the airways that lead to the lungs), often resulting in recurrent infections and respiratory symptoms such as cough, sputum production, and shortness of breath. Although there is no cure for bronchiectasis, there are several new (emerging) treatments that will likely…
Treatment of bronchiectasis: What should I know?
What is bronchiectasis? Before discussing the treatment of bronchiectasis it is important to understand what bronchiectasis is and how it affects people. Bronchiectasis is a condition where there is abnormal dilation of the bronchi. There are several medical conditions that lead to this condition and need to be considered when treating people with bronchiectasis. However,…