PCD lung disease is managed in a very similar way to any form of bronchiectasis, including cystic fibrosis.
Airway clearance with daily physiotherapy, nebulisers and other techniques is the key to preventing the lung disease progressing.
Antibiotics are used to treat infections, sometimes over long periods of time. On occasion, patients come into hospital for intravenous antibiotics, intense physiotherapy and bronchoscopy if physiotherapy and infection management is not leading to improved symptoms and lung function.
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Further information and support
More information about PCD is also available from the PCD Support UK.
Website: www.pcdsupport.org.uk
Our team
PCD is a complex condition. Our multidisciplinary team is made up by a range of experts from different specialties
Diagnostic team
Dr Claire Hogg, consultant
Dr Amelia Shoemark, senior clinical scientist
Dr Melissa Dixon, EM scientist
Sarah Ollossen, respiratory physiologist
Kate Kilpin, respiratory physiologist
Management team
Dr Siobhan Carr and Dr Claire Hogg, consultants
Miss Gemma Marsh, physiotherapist
Miss Abby Carlton, clinical nurse specialist
Miss Emily Frost, respiratory physiologist
Mr Michael Leshan, PCD secretary