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Treatment for Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is treated with antifibrotic medicines, supportive respiratory care, oxygen therapy when needed, pulmonary rehabilitation, and in selected cases lung transplantation. These approaches do not reverse all established lung scarring, but they…
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Causes of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis develops when the lung’s normal repair process becomes abnormal, leading to progressive scarring of the tissue that surrounds the air sacs. The word idiopathic means that no single definite cause is…
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Symptoms of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis produces symptoms mainly because the lung tissue gradually becomes stiff, thickened, and less able to transfer oxygen into the blood. The most common symptoms are shortness of breath , especially during…
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What is Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, often abbreviated as IPF, is a chronic lung disease in which the tissue supporting the air sacs of the lungs becomes progressively scarred for no clearly identified reason. The term idiopathic…
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FAQ about Interstitial lung disease
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a broad term for a group of conditions that affect the tissue and space around the air sacs in the lungs. This FAQ article explains what ILD is, what…
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Prevention of Interstitial lung disease
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is not a single condition but a broad group of disorders that damage the lung interstitium, the thin tissue around the air sacs where oxygen transfer occurs. Because ILD has…
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Diagnosis of Interstitial lung disease
Interstitial lung disease, often abbreviated as ILD, is not a single disorder but a broad group of conditions that cause inflammation, scarring, or other damage in the interstitium, the thin tissue that surrounds the…