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Which advice would you give to someone who has just been diagnosed with Bronchiectasis?
See some advice from people with experience in Bronchiectasis to people who have just been diagnosed with Bronchiectasis
Join an excellent site for empathy, sympathy, advice and knowledge about bronchiectasis, a great site which has four thousand members; http://www.bronchiectasis.info/default.asp and the BLF site; https://www.blf.org.uk/ has a helpline number and pamphlets and booklets specific to bronchiectasis and more generally information about how to live with a lung condition with hints like good diet, pulmonary rehabilitation and signposts organisations which can offer support.
Posted Mar 4, 2017 by Bubbly 2101
See if you can join a pulmonary rehab course. Join a bronchiectasis group eg on fb. Look at British lung foundation for advice
Posted Mar 14, 2017 by Jenny 1001
1. Bronchiectasis is not a death sentence. I've been a member of an international bronchiectasis web site for 12 years and that site has yet to see one member pass away exclusively from bronchiectasis. We've had member pass away but from a combination of conditions or from an unrelated reason.
2. This is easy for me to say but hard for newly diagnosed patients to do... don't panic.
Freshly diagnosed (newbies) have to go thru a transition period. They were able to breath normally all their life. And now that breathing is laborious, it takes time to adjust. And that can be scary. I've had bronchiectasis all my life and never had to make the adjustment.
3. Newbies need to educate themselves on not only the condition but anatomy and how the body works. I did that at age 45 after having the condition all that time and it is the best thing I've ever done to help me manage the condition. Read medical studies and clinical trials at the National Institutes Of Health web site. Then continue researching by spending time on sites like WebMD and others.
2. This is easy for me to say but hard for newly diagnosed patients to do... don't panic.
Freshly diagnosed (newbies) have to go thru a transition period. They were able to breath normally all their life. And now that breathing is laborious, it takes time to adjust. And that can be scary. I've had bronchiectasis all my life and never had to make the adjustment.
3. Newbies need to educate themselves on not only the condition but anatomy and how the body works. I did that at age 45 after having the condition all that time and it is the best thing I've ever done to help me manage the condition. Read medical studies and clinical trials at the National Institutes Of Health web site. Then continue researching by spending time on sites like WebMD and others.
Posted Apr 26, 2017 by Paul 1203
Try to prevent infections with exercise to shift the mucus in your lungs. Ensure your doctor gives you longer courses of antibiotics to treat chest infections. The usual 5-7 day courses are inadequate
Posted Jun 18, 2018 by Helen 3550
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Posted Oct 29, 2018 by Roberta 3500
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Posted May 9, 2021 by Adam 610
