Bronchiectasis...Most people do not know what that is. This author is more familiar with this respiratory disorder than the average medical professional. The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe the rare respiratory disease that took the life of a twenty seven year old mother, my mother. Bronchiectasis is an abnormal destruction and dilation of the large airway. A person may be born with it, or may acquire it later in life as a result of another disease.
The signs and symptoms of bronchiectasis can include chronic cough with large amounts of foul smelling sputum production, some coughing up blood and cough worsened by lying on your side. Some other symptoms are shortness of breath, fatique and wheezing, some skin d