Where to massage for bronchial dilation?

Written by An Yong Peng
Pulmonology
Updated on April 30, 2025
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There is no definite efficacy for the treatment of bronchiectasis with massage therapy. Generally, the main measure for bronchiectasis is to prevent respiratory infections. Bronchiectasis often presents symptoms of coughing up purulent sputum and may be accompanied by chest tightness, difficulty breathing, and hemoptysis. In patients with bronchiectasis, respiratory infections may exacerbate these symptoms. Therefore, preventing respiratory infections is crucial for bronchiectasis. Additionally, if the patient has obvious coughing and expectoration, mucolytic medications can be used to facilitate expectoration. If the patient experiences chest tightness and difficulty breathing, inhaling bronchodilators can help improve these conditions. For patients with bronchiectasis, if the lesions are localized and recurrent infections or hemoptysis occur, surgical treatment may also be considered.

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How to check for bronchiectasis?

How to check for bronchiectasis: generally, corresponding physical examinations and laboratory tests are used for diagnosis. Early physical examinations may not show positive signs. When the condition is severe or secondary bacterial infection occurs, fixed and persistent moist rales can be heard in the affected areas. Some patients may show signs of oxygen deficiency, such as clubbing and cyanosis. During acute infections, routine blood tests will show increased white blood cell counts and neutrophil counts. Sputum examination may reveal elastic fibers and pus cells. A chest X-ray can show thickened and disordered lung periphery, and typical lesions may appear as honeycomb-like curly shadows.

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Bronchial dilation diagnostic methods

Bronchiectasis refers to the inflammation of the bronchi and surrounding lung tissue caused by various diseases and etiologies. This inflammation leads to the destruction of the muscles and some elastic tissues of the bronchial walls, resulting in the deformation and persistent dilation of the bronchi, which cannot recover, collectively known as bronchiectasis. The definitive diagnosis of bronchiectasis is most commonly based on clear clinical symptoms such as significant coughing, phlegm production, and hemoptysis; secondly, cystic and cylindrical dilations in the patient’s bronchi can be clearly seen through chest CT and high-resolution CT, allowing for a direct diagnosis of bronchiectasis.

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How to completely cure bronchiectasis?

Bronchiectasis refers to the inflammation and fibrosis of the bronchi and surrounding lung tissue due to various causes, ultimately leading to the destruction of the muscular and elastic tissue of the bronchial walls. This causes the bronchi to become deformed and permanently dilated, commonly referred to as bronchiectasis. The most common clinical symptoms of bronchiectasis include coughing, production of phlegm, and coughing up blood. When treating bronchiectasis, the first step is to treat the symptoms, such as administering treatments to reduce phlegm, fight infection, and stop bleeding. If the patient continues to experience symptoms repeatedly after these treatments, we may recommend surgical intervention, if the patient's condition allows, to remove the dilated bronchi, thereby achieving the goal of cure.

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Is bronchiectasis serious?

First, we need to properly face the disease of bronchiectasis. Many patients with bronchiectasis are like normal people, without any clinical manifestations. Therefore, if these patients lead a regular life, it does not affect their quality of life or survival rate, so they are not considered severe cases. However, some patients experience repeated infections that worsen and may involve coughing up blood and progressive decline in lung function. These cases are relatively severe. Nevertheless, we can intervene effectively to slow the progression of the disease. Therefore, the severity varies among different patients with bronchiectasis.

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Does bronchiectasis cause nausea?

Bronchiectasis generally does not present with symptoms of nausea. Bronchiectasis primarily occurs when the body is infected with particular pathogenic microorganisms, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, atypical mycobacteria, or from childhood infections like measles or whooping cough that damage the cartilage of the trachea, causing the tracheal cartilage to fail in maintaining the normal shape of the trachea. Consequently, the trachea can become dilated due to the pulling by the surrounding lung tissue. Once diagnosed with bronchiectasis, the main symptoms displayed are coughing, coughing up phlegm, and some patients may also experience chest tightness and shortness of breath. Generally, it does not cause nausea. However, severe coughing or a significant amount of difficult-to-expel phlegm can lead to concurrent symptoms of nausea, but these are not directly caused by the disease itself, but rather by its complications. Therefore, appropriate treatment can significantly alleviate these symptoms.