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My mother has developed bronchiectasis. what is it exactly?
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Lung disease: Essentially bronchiectasis is a weakening of the wind pipes within the lung usually caused by repeated viral/bacterial infections such that breathing becomes difficult with the weakening of the walls of the wild pipes.
Answered 5/26/2016
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Dilated bronchi: Dilated bronchi and inflammation, usually the result of low level infection inflammation.
Answered 12/24/2014
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