What are the symptoms and signs of bronchiectasis? How is it treated?

Symptoms of bronchiectasis are mainly persistent and repeated coughing, sputum and hemoptysis, and some patients may experience dyspnea, wheezing and fever. Treatment includes controlling the underlying disease, anti-infection, resolving sputum and asthma, and surgical treatment. Patients with bronchiectasis cough up mucus sputum repeatedly, and more than half of them have hemoptysis. Difficulty in breathing and wheezing may occur when the lesions are extensive or when combined with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). If the disease is extensive or combined with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, symptoms such as dyspnea and wheezing may occur. When combined with infection, fever and increased sputum volume may occur. Patients with bronchiectasis should be actively treated for underlying diseases such as tuberculosis and hypoimmunoglobulinemia. When combined with infections, antibiotics should be actively applied, including third-generation cephalosporins such as ceftriaxone, quinolones such as levofloxacin and moxifloxacin, and carbapenems such as meropenem, and the specific antibiotic medication should be based on the patient’s condition. In addition, bronchodilators such as salbutamol and glucocorticosteroids such as methylprednisolone can be given to patients with dyspnea and wheezing, and sputum chemotherapeutic drugs such as aminobromine can be given to patients with a large amount of sputum. For patients with hemoptysis, antiemetic drugs such as Yunnan Baiyao can be given. Surgery can be considered when the effect of medical treatment is not satisfactory. Once recurrent cough, sputum, hemoptysis, should be timely perfect lung CT and other examinations, bronchiectasis diagnosis, under the guidance of respiratory doctors standardized treatment. The above drugs should be used under the guidance of physicians.