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The treatment plan will be tailored to your specific circumstances and will also depend on how severe your bronchiectasis is.  Your consultant or specialist nurse will also help you develop a self-management plan<\/a> for coping with your bronchiectasis at home. If you don\u2019t have one, ask for a self-management plan at your next clinic visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wallet-sized bronchiectasis card<\/a> to record chest infections with advice on management, including the recommended antibiotics for chest infections, is also available.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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So what is a self-management plan?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The aim of the self-management plan is to make sure you have information to be able to recognise when your bronchiectasis is getting worse, and to give you advice on what to do if this happens.  We hope that this will give you the confidence and skills to take some control over managing your symptoms yourself and help you avoid having to be admitted to the hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Knowing your normal!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important that you know what your symptoms are like when you are well and not having a chest infection.  If you know this, it will be easier to spot the changes which might mean you are getting an infection. The things to be aware of are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n