Thursday, December 12, 2019

What is Bronchoscopy?




A bronchoscopy is an endoscopic medical procedure for looking inside the airways (bronchi) and the lungs. It involves inserting a bronchoscope—a narrow tube that has a light and a camera on one end—through the nose or mouth and guiding it down through the trachea (windpipe) in order to get an internal view of the respiratory system. It may be done to diagnose a disease or condition such as lung cancer or infection or to treat a medical problem such as a foreign object that's lodged in the airways.
There are two types of bronchoscopy. The most common uses a flexible bronchoscope and requires on local anesthesia and a light sedative. Less often a rigid bronchoscope, which is thicker than a flexible one and typically made of metal, is necessary. In that case, a patient must be under general anesthesia in an operating room.
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Monday, December 2, 2019

Stages of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis


Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory condition that has been affecting many people of late. In sarcoidosis, tiny granulomas or inflammatory nodules appear in the various organs of the body. The lungs, eyes, skin, and lymph nodes are commonly affected by the condition. Sarcoidosis can also occur in the brain, heart, liver, spleen. The exact trigger for sarcoidosis is not very clearly understood.
Stage one sarcoidosis indicates granulomas in the lymph nodes. Stage two indicates lymph node involvement in addition to granulomas in the lungs. At first, this might appear to be a progressive diagnosis compared to stage one. However, stage three sarcoidosis indicates granulomas present in the lungs, but not in the lymph nodes. This demonstrates how the stages are not a progression. A patient may even go between these stages- you might have stage two sarcoidosis, and then with treatment or time become stage one, or three, or go into remission altogether.
Talk to Dr. Arunesh Kumar Senior Consultant in Paras Hospital to learn more about the sarcoidosis problem & its management.
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