TLD full form in medical is Targeted Lung Denervation. People suffering from COPD and severe asthma have to struggle a lot to breathe properly. And this labor in order to breathe properly is very painful. When someone is suffering from a chronic respiratory disease, he/she may experience shortness of breath, wheezing, cough that produces mucus, and chest tightness. Well, to help out such patients, a new non-surgical therapy was introduced quite recently to treat such lung diseases.
The main reason why Targeted Lung Denervation is to open up the obstructive airways and to help the patients breathe normally again. For that, a standard bronchoscope is passed through the mouth and then deeper into the lungs. Then a catheter that is actually inside a balloon is passed through the bronchoscope, and when the catheter is in place, the medical professional performing the procedure starts to inflate the balloon. After that, the silver electrode on the catheter emits a type of electrical energy to loosen up the specific area of the airway by targeting the nerves in the region. This whole process is performed multiple times to ensure open up with blocked airways because of mucus or muscle contraction.