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Does Bronchiectasis warrant a COPD diagnosis

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Feb 25 12:34am | Replies (13)

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@bayarea58

@bsi15 I see your logic but having widened, scarred, dysfunctional airways is not anti-obstructive. BE falls under the umbrella of obstructive lung disease as it can (depending on severity) impact our ability to fully exhale, leading to air trapping. A quick google search will confirm what I am explaining and I am sure your pulmonologist can further explain it to you better than I.

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Replies to "@bsi15 I see your logic but having widened, scarred, dysfunctional airways is not anti-obstructive. BE falls..."

I may also have mistranslated "obstructive".
German wikipedia gives it as
"dauerhaft atemwegsverengende Lungenerkrankung (2022)"
which means chronic airway narrowing.

They give as cause : bronchiolitis and then emphysema.