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Nisamya

Can bronchoscopy be done at home for a patient that can't be moved?

Age: 36

Weight 155 lbs

Height: 5' 8"

Sex: Female


My adult daughter has chronic cough lasting for six months. It's not dry, but almost, and completely unproductive. Pulmonologist says he hears mild crackles in the right middle lung, and that's where she feels the pain.

She has had two courses of oral antibiotics that didn't help. Her CBC and CRP are always normal.

She doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, she's completely bedridden with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and can't be moved.

She takes 0.6mg of Klonopin per day for dysautonomia and beta blockers for POTS.

Her pulmonologist mentioned bronchoscopy at home but didn't go into details. I checked online and it seems it has to be done in a hospital and last several hours. Can it be done at home and how risky is it?

Posted Dec 16, 2018, 11:12 PM UTC · edited

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