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I have bronchiectasis with repeated infections but do not bring up vast amounts of sputum. why?

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Dr. Lawrence Shulman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Pulmonology

People are different: People with different types of bronchiectasis have different symptoms - some with bad radiographic bronchiectasis have few symptoms while others have purulent sputum - most of the time bronchiectasis is not worrisome - it is more annoying than anything.

Answered 4/22/2014

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