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2 A Short Guide to Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) A Short Guide to Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) 3 CHRONIC COUGH SINUSITIS In people with PCD, cilia do not beat properly, allowing Chronic, recurrent sinus infections (called sinusitis) are mucus to build up in the lungs and making them prone often seen as well, presenting as chronic nasal congstion, to infections in the airways. [...] NORMAL LUNGS HEALTHY AIRWAY normal airway BRONCHIECTASIS LUNGS WITH mucus BRONCHIECTASIS infl ammed airway with thick and scarred and abundant thickened mucus airway wall 4 A Short Guide to Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) A Short Guide to Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) 5 FERTILITY ISSUES // How is PCD diagnosed? For women Women may experience difficulty getting pregnant Making the diagnosis of. [...] 6 A Short Guide to Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) A Short Guide to Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) 7 CILIARY BIOPSY // How is PCD followed and treated? A biopsy inside the nose can let us examine the internal structure of the cilia using transmission electron microscopy Although there is no specific treatment that helps the (TEM). [...] While quality of life can be severely affected for people with PCD, there is a wide range of disease progression and We encourage each and every PCD patient to be involved long-term outcomes in patients; and there is no average in these efforts to transform PCD into a more manageable “life expectancy”. [...] Shapiro www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/rccm.1982P3 National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD) www.rarediseases.org 14 A Short Guide to Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) A Short Guide to Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) 15 // Notes 16 A Short Guide to Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) IMPORTANT: The information provided is for educational purposes only.