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Dr Aksamit (Mayo) Bronchiectasis Education Series 9/30/24

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 7 7:42am | Replies (12)
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@wangling

Hi Linda,
Thank you so much for being involved in the education program. I am so glad that you are in this group. Thanks for being here.
Listening to what you do to maintain your condition, I am wondering if you need to take anything like a steroid inhaler on a daily basis to control the inflamed airways? I seem to understand that with bronchiectasis, people generally have some inflamed airways. I use a steroid inhaler constantly because a lot of the time I feel my airways is congested , it seems that the inhaler helps to clear out mucus more efficiently. If you don't use a steroid inhaler, do you need to use anything in that regard? I would appreciate it if you could elaborate on that.
Many thanks.
Ling

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becleartoday | @becleartoday | Oct 4 6:41pm

Thank you for your kind words.💜
Eighty percent of people with bronchiectasis would probably not benefit
from a steroid inhaler. They have a neutrophilic condition and the steroid
is just going to lower their immunity and make them more susceptible to
infections. However, in twenty percent of cases, the issue is more
eosinophilic and these people might benefit from steroids. This is also
true for COPD and asthma cases that overlap with bronchiectasis. But, it is
a "risk versus reward" discussion because they, too, will be more prone to
infection.
BE well,
Linda

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