Respiratory Symptoms
What is a respiratory illness?
Respiratory illness is a medical term that includes disorders affecting the parts of the body that are responsible for passing oxygen from the air into our blood stream and expelling waste products (carbon dioxide) from the body.
Respiratory Tests
What is bronchoscopy?
Flexible bronchoscopy is usually performed by a lung specialist. This is a method to look inside the airway passage to the lung and do various procedures. The instrument looks like a long black straw but has a light and camera at the tip.
Why do we do bronchoscopy?
We do this procedure to look for changes in the airway or to take a piece of lung (biopsy). We often wash an area of the lung with salty water to look for infection or cells that will aid in the diagnosis of a lung illness. This can also be used to remove foreign bodies such as a piece of food.