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Anyone else diagnosed with MAC & Bronchiectasis without symptoms?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: 12 hours ago | Replies (12)
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@hurdgal

Thank you for all these details. My first appointment with the pulmonologist is on 5/13. Is Bronchiectasis also diagnosed from sputum? I thought that a high resolution lung scan would be another tool used for diagnosis, but maybe it's not necessary.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | 2 days ago

Bronchiectasis is disease process that changes the lungs, it is diagnosed from imaging, as the enlarged and inflexible bronchial tubes show on a CT.

MAC/NTM is an infection. Signs of it can be detected on an image, but it needs to be confirmed by a sputum culture.

I am glad you are seeing the doctor soon.

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