Dec 7, 2014 · A diagnosis of IPF is more than simply not knowing the cause of the pulmonary fibrosis -- that's just they term that was derived for this particular type of ILD. A diagnosis of …

Feb 4, 2020 · ILD, or Interstitial Lung Disease, is an overarching category, under which IPF falls (which falls under Usual Interstitial Pneumonia, or UIP--but not the kind of short-term …

Jan 21, 2017 · PF (pulmonary fibrosis) is usually due to an autoimmune disease (sjogrens, lupus, scleroderma, myositis, rheumatoid arthritis). IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) has no known …

Nov 6, 2014 · Since then most ILD/PF/IPF specialists have not treated IPF patients with those drugs although prednisone is sometimes used for short term treatment of exacerbations. So …

Oct 3, 2016 · With my initial diagnosis of ILD/PF, the HRCT wasn't definitive between NSIP and IPF so they followed my progression and 18 months later did the surgical lung biopsy via …

Sep 23, 2012 · Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is different from the type of pulmonary fibrosis that people with scleroderma get. I don't know the distinction between ILD and PF (if there is one), …

Oct 17, 2016 · I'm going to assume that your pulmonologist is a local community-based one and not one at an ILD/PF centre where they are not only pulmonologists but also disease …

Feb 10, 2024 · I would highly recommend you get her to a Center of Excellence facility for ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease) there are close to 90 facilities nationwide, Go to the Pulmonary …

Jul 28, 2015 · I'm going to the monthly support group for ILD patients at UCSF. In July, we heard an interesting talk on co-morbidities with ILD such as Silent GERD and Sleep Apnea.

Sep 9, 2019 · ILD /IPF cases are reported in large number of veteran returned from Vietnam war . Exposure of army men exposed to Vietnam war in dangerous environment of fumes , smell …