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Summary
When you breathe in, the air travels down through your trachea (windpipe). It then goes through two tubes to your lungs. These tubes are your bronchi. Bronchial disorders can make it hard for you to breathe.
The most common problem with the bronchi is bronchitis, an inflammation of the tubes. It can be acute or chronic. Other problems include
- Bronchiectasis - a condition in which damage to the airways causes them to widen and become flabby and scarred
- Exercise-induced bronchospasm - a breathing problem that happens when your airways shrink while you are exercising
- Bronchiolitis - an inflammation of the small airways that branch off from the bronchi
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia - a chronic lung condition in infants, most often premature infants
Diagnosis and Tests
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Bronchoscopy and Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL)
(National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
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Chest CT Scan
(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) Also in Spanish
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Chest X-Ray
(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) Also in Spanish
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Lung Function Tests
(National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
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What is Bronchoscopy?
(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) Also in Spanish
Specifics
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans (National Jewish Health)
- Flavorings-Related Lung Disease (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Bronchial Diseases
(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Bronchiectasis
(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Bronchiolitis
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Long-term prognostic factors of clinical success after interventional bronchoscopy in patients...
- Article: Surgical repair for post-tuberculosis tracheobronchial stenosis.
- Article: Rheological analysis of sputum from patients with chronic bronchial diseases.
- Bronchial Disorders -- see more articles
Reference Desk
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Bronchi, Bronchial Tree, & Lungs
(National Cancer Institute)
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How the Lungs Work
(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Children
- Bronchiolitis (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
- Treating Bronchiolitis in Infants (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
Patient Handouts
- Bronchiectasis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Bronchiolitis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Bronchiolitis - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Postural drainage (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Tracheal rupture (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish