Respiratory Diseases

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disease of unknown etiology, closely associated with interstitial lung disease that shows similar symptoms but with different mode of action. The disease is known so because it primarily involves the interstitium, where scars develop and progresses towards the center of the lungs, making breathing difficult for the patient. It develops primarily in older adults, and is sometimes associated with the histopathologic and/or radiologic pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia. There is currently no drug especially for IPF, and no procedures or medications that can remove the scarring from the lungs. Treatments are used ...