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Bronchiectasis


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•	Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
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•	Prevention
•	Diagnosis & Tests
•	Treatment
•	Expectations or Prognosis
•	Complications
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Alternate Names : Acquired Bronchiectasis, Congenital Bronchiectasis

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Calling Your Health Care Provider

Call your health care provider if:

Symptoms worsen or do not improve with treatment
There is a change in color or amount of sputum, or bloody sputum
Chest pain or shortness of breath increases

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• Definition
• Bronchiectasis Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Bronchiectasis Symptoms & Signs
• Bronchiectasis Prevention
• Bronchiectasis Diagnosis & Tests
• Bronchiectasis Treatment
• Bronchiectasis Prognosis
• Bronchiectasis Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images

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• Anemia
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• Pneumonia

Tests & Exams

• CBC
• Chest X-Ray
• Routine Sputum Culture
• Thoracic CT

Surgery & Procedures

• Lung Surgery

Other Topics

• Breath Odor
• Breathing Difficulty
• Chest Pain
• Chronic
• Clubbing of the Fingers or Toes
• Cough
• Coughing Up Blood
• Fatigue
• Foreign Object Aspiration or Ingestion
• Immunizations - General Overview
• Paleness
• Skin Discoloration - Bluish
• Weight Loss - Unintentional
• Wheezing

Review Date : 2/6/2003
Reviewed By : David A. Kaufman, M.D., Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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