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RespiratoryModerate
Bronchiectasis
Pulmonology · Respiratory
Moderate
Severity
Uncommon overall but notably more prevalent in India due to the high burden of prior tuberculosis infection
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pulmonology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by a history of severe or repeated respiratory infections in childhood or adulthood
- 2including pneumonia
- 3whooping cough
- 4or tuberculosis
- 5which damage the airway walls. Underlying conditions such as cystic fibrosis
- 6primary ciliary dyskinesia
- 7immune deficiencies
- 8and autoimmune diseases can predispose individuals to recurrent infections and subsequent airway damage. In India
- 9prior tuberculosis infection is a particularly important and common cause of bronchiectasis.
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