l rea.ll need your help people!
l want to avoid a fallout between myself and a GP for whom l have huge respect. when clinics are shut,in these troubled times the responsibility for maintaining the health of the Bronch community has fallen to primary care During a routine phone call with the GP recently,as no current information was available a chest Xray was recommended. The result was the apparent prescience of an infection in the upper chamber of the right lung.
At the time l had no symptoms and clear sputum and was very fit for 92. In other words the diagnosis had to be flawed based on my current health status. Over the years l have found a variety of opinions regarding the accuracy of X-rays in the context of testing for exacerbations,My firmly held belief is that the colour or otherwise of sputum is the slam dunk diagnosis for the presence of unwanted bacteria and the X-ray or indeed a scanner produces result that are at the very least questionable.
Your experiences would be invaluable in tackling this sensitive subject with my GP,
Many thanks.
bronchiectasis and mucous!
Bronchiectasis 
Struggling with Bronchiectasis 
New diagnosis... Advice on prognosis please x
unsure about diagnosis.
Oh dear, GPs! An xray of bronch lungs is always going to look like an infection! You are right, an exacerbation involves darker, thicker and greatly increased volumes of sputum and usually, feeling lousy! The GP could also send some sputum off to find out what is in there. Unfortunately most bronchs have bugs hiding down there which show up on lab plates but are not in sufficient numbers to cause trouble but people get fixated on this, leading in my opinion to taking too many antibiotics.As you must know, the only true diagnosis of bronch is by ct scan.
However
If you feel lousy, have a fever, have chest pain and can't cough anything up it could indicate pneumonia which my GP missed on 2 xrays in 2015!
Maybe it is time that you got yourself a bronch expert consultant to help your GP with your management.
Don't be afraid of stepping on your GP's ego by giving them more accurate information. My GPs know that I am more knowlegable about my condition that they could ever be.
Good luck.
l cannot say how delighted l am to have your response.During the early days after my diagnosis 10 years ago with no information and real fear it was your hand on my shoulder that gave me courage to face the unknown.
thank you so much. If I can help another friend along the rocky path I am satisfied.x
What a lovely response from locheil, "your hand in my shoulder " really touched me x