Today’s featured artist is Reneé Dale with her submission titled, “PCD Family Thoughts”.
Most medical textbooks still propagate the myth that PCD is a mild disease associated with a normal lifespan. We have now learned through large population-based studies and registries that there is a wide spectrum of severity of lung disease in PCD, from relatively normal lung function associated with a normal lifespan to progressive widespread bronchiectasis with need for lung transplantation in early adulthood (1). Although the very limited longitudinal data (2) available suggest that pulmonary function may be stable over many years when appropriate therapy is instituted, the largest cross-sectional study (3) to date, which evaluated over 100 North American patients with PCD, suggests that there is a definite decline in lung function with age, with many adult patients having lung function within the transplant range. ~ Primary ciliary dyskinesia: Myths and realities; Sharon D. Dell, BEng MD FRCPC
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