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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis



Introduction: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Lung fibrosis from unknown causes. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is available below.

Symptoms of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Medical Textbooks Online about Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis?

Misdiagnosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases are difficult to diagnose. Even the well-knowns conditions such as asthma or lung cancer often fail to be diagnosed early. Some of the chronic lung diseases with diagnostic difficulties include asthma (perhaps surprisingly), COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, mesothelioma, smoker's cough, AIDS-related respiratory conditions (see AIDS), chronic pneumonia, and other respiratory diseases. Rare possibilities include diseases like psittacosis (bird-related lung infection). See other types of chronic lung diseases....read more »

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Causes of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Treatments for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Prognosis for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Prognosis for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Poor. Often death within 4-6 years of diagnosis.

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Definitions of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis:

Chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the pulmonary alveolar walls with steady progressive dyspnea; finally, resulting in death from lack of oxygen or right heart failure. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, or a subtype of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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