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Bronchiectasis and staving off recurrent infections
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jun 24 9:20am | Replies (56)Comment receiving replies
Are your sinuses the culprit? I have had bronchiectasis for 8 years, and after all the treatments and procedures it’s become clear that treating the sinuses with nasal rinses twice daily - saline plus budesonide in my case - and regular examinations with an Otolaryngologist (ENT doctor) is an important part of health management. An undiscovered infection in my sphenoid sinus, which turned out to be beyond a very deviated septum, appears to have likely started the whole thing.
The masks we all wear due to Covid have really helped. I will probably always wear one indoors.
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Similar situation here. Can't get cleared for a septoplasty because of my lung condition. Tubular bronchiectasis from repeated pneumonias which started as sinus/ear infections.
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Hi Ann, thanks for the reminder to look beyond the "usual culprits" when figuring out a recurrent infection. My primary looked carefully at my sinuses and ears - both long term problems for me - when I had recurring asthma exacerbations. It was on just such an exploration - looking for latent pneumonia - that my MAC was discovered.
You just gave us a good reminder of how interconnected our body systems are.
Have you been able to get rid of the sinus infection, or just control it?
Sue