Beating Bronchiectasis

I have bronchiectasis. You have probably never heard of it, but understand that it is a problem with the lungs, which it is. I have written about bronchiectasis a lot on my personal blog, dating from March 3rd, 2024 to most recently in September.

What Bronchiectasis Is

My first article from 31 months ago defined it very well. There are not that many people who have been diagnosed with it (only about 400K in the U.S. currently), though I suspect that many people have it and don’t know it. Still, it’s not a very widespread disease.

Some of the characteristics are swelling of the lung tissue that restricts breathing. There can be a buildup in mucus, and there can be bacterial infections. Asthma is a symptom as well. There are diseases that are similar, like cystic fibrosis and COPD, though they are different. There is no known cure, though the disease is not fatal.

When I Was Originally Diagnosed with It

In that first article, I shared this, a note to my wife when I got the diagnosis:

The name of the doctor was Dr. Barto, who had replaced my lung doctor, Dr. Marcia Katz…