Look for clubbing which also occurs in Bronchiectasis.
Do you have Bronchiectasis?
Bronchiectasis- where the airways in the lungs become abnormally widened.
It's estimated that one in 1,000 people will have Bronchiectasis.
Bronchiectasis: are specific lung lesions that produce a(sometimes huge)
dilation of the bronchi.
René Laennec, the man who invented the stethoscope,
used his invention to first discover Bronchiectasis in 1819.
Young's syndrome, which is clinically similar to cystic fibrosis, is thought to significantly contribute to the development of Bronchiectasis.
Treatment of Bronchiectasis includes controlling infections and bronchial secretions,
relieving airway obstructions, removal of affected portions of lung by surgical removal or artery embolization and preventing complications.