genetic
Primary ciliary dyskinesia
Primary ciliary (PCD) is a rare, , that causes defects in the action of cilia lining the upper and lower tract, , Eustachian tube, middle ear, tube, and flagella of sperm cells. The alternative name of "immotile ciliary " is no longer favored as the cilia do have movement, but are merely inefficient or unsynchronized. When accompanied by situs inversus the condition is known as Kartagener syndrome.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- · problems, -producing cough and runny nose.
Causes — why it happens
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How it's found
- ·Nasal nitric oxide levels, light of biopsies for ciliary beat pattern and frequency, and electron microscopic examination of dynein arms.
Complications
- · recurrent , including , , , and media.
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