Final trials are underway at Temple Health for RheOx, a minimally invasive treatment for chronic bronchitis. It's aimed at reducing mucus that clogs airways, and hampers breathing.
Final trials are underway at Temple Health for RheOx, a minimally invasive treatment for chronic bronchitis.Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, better known as COPD, is a growing medical problem that literally takes your breath away.About five years ago, Yolanda Tinsley just couldn't catch her breath.The diagnosis was chronic bronchitis, which affects nine million Americans.Tinsley had been a long-time smoker.But thoracic specialist Dr.
"The mucus collects in the lungs and it can become very sticky and thick and difficult to get out. And if it stays down there, it's going to start plugging smaller airways," says Dr. Marchetti. That leads to flare-ups, with more shortness of breath, more coughing, more wheezing, and even more mucus.Under sedation, a bronchoscope is threaded down the throat into a patient's lung."It's supposed to disrupt the cells lining in the airways, especially the mucus-producing cells, which are called goblet cells. And then they hopefully within the next few days will go back in a more normal fashion," says Dr. Marchetti.
"Because on that side, I can get a deeper breath. And on the other side, it's like I'm drowning," Tinsley says.Patients in other health systems can still get scheduled for a screening.
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