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Intense research to identify treatment options for specific types of interstitial lung disease is ongoing. Based on currently available, scientific evidence, however, your doctor may recommend: Corticosteroid medications.
Interstitial (in-tur-STISH-ul) lung disease describes a large group of disorders, most of which cause progressive scarring of lung tissue. The scarring associated with interstitial lung disease eventually affects your ability to breathe and get enough oxygen into your bloodstream.
Learn about the specialized prevention, diagnostic and treatment services for people with interstitial lung disease.
Rehabilitation programs help you and your family learn to optimally live with chronic interstitial lung disease. Mayo Clinic offers successful lung transplant programs for people who need this option, and provides access to clinical trials evaluating promising therapies.
In interstitial lung disease, progressive lung can cause permanent breathing problems. Learn the causes, including many toxins in the environment.
Treatment. The lung scarring and thickening that occurs in pulmonary fibrosis cannot be repaired. And no current treatment has proved effective in stopping the disease from getting worse over time. Some treatments may improve symptoms for a time or slow how fast the disease worsens. Others may help improve quality of life.
Pulmonary fibrosis is a lung disease that occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred. This thickened, stiff tissue makes it harder for the lungs to work properly. Pulmonary fibrosis worsens over time.
Until 2014, lung transplantation was the only available treatment ― along with supportive therapies including oxygen, pulmonary rehabilitation, and the management of comorbidities such as obstructive sleep apnea or symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease.
The interstitial pneumonias (IPs) are a heterogeneous group of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases characterized by specific clinical, radiologic and pathologic features. While pathologically defined, significant overlap in terms of presentation as well as association with secondary diseases is known and may confound initial work-up and diagnosis.
Other causes include some cancer treatments and many different medicines. Trouble breathing, and often a dry cough, are the most common symptoms of pneumonitis. Treatment focuses on avoiding irritants and lessening the inflammation of lung tissue.