Pulmonary
Our website and the related links are your window to pulmonary continuing education units (CEU). This is your opportunity to develop and continue your learning experience on line. Respiratory continuing medical education (CME) is available through the related websites. Below is some information that is explained in detail in our classes.
What is ILD?
Intererstitial Lung Disease (ILD) is a term that includes a variety of lung diseases. When a patient has ILD, the lung is impacted in three ways.
1. First, the lung tissue is compromised in some known or unknown way.
2. Second, the walls of the air sacs in the lung become inflamed.
3. Scarring begins in the interstitium, and the lung becomes hard.
Shortness of breath during exercise is one of the first symptoms of the disease. A dry cough is usually present. Most patients ignore these systems until they need attention.
Symptoms may vary in severity depending on the type of lung disease diagnosed. X-rays may look alike. Extensive testing is required to establish a positive diagnosis. Some ILD have known causes and some (idiopathic) have unknown causes.
WHY IS IT CALLED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE?
The tissue between the air sacs of the lungs is called the interstitium. Interstitial lung disease is named after this tissue because this is the tissue impacted by fibrosis. ILD is sometimes also known as IPF (interstitial pulmonary fibrosis). The terms interstitial lung disease (ILD), pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) may be used for the same diagnosis.
Please take the time and visit all of the related web site for additional information on pulmonary a respiratory diseases. Millions of Americans are adversely affected by Lung Disease and we take pride in helping Educate the health care community.
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