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Interstitial lung disease
Introduction: Interstitial lung disease
A category of chronic lung diseases characterized by scarring and/or inflammation of the lungs. There are over 130 disorders in this category including sarcoiditis and eosinophilic granuloma. Obviously, any lung disease which impairs its ability to function will cause breathing problems.
Symptoms of Interstitial lung disease
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Medical Textbooks Online about Interstitial lung disease
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- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
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Misdiagnosis and Interstitial lung disease
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 Interstitial lung disease
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia
- Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis
- Coin lesion (chest x-ray)
- Pneumonia
See full list of 9 causes of Interstitial lung disease
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- Interstitial lung disease as a complication caused by other conditions
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Clinical Trials for Interstitial lung disease
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Interstitial lung disease include:
- Database of Interstitial Lung Diseases - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Open-Label Study With Bosentan in Interstitial Lung Disease - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bosentan
- Safety and Accuracy of Alveoscopy in Interstitial Lung Diseases - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Epidemiology of Interstitial Lung Disease - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: a Case-Control Study - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
See full list of 94 Clinical Trials for Interstitial lung disease
Types of Interstitial lung disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Silicosis - silica exposure
- Berylliosis - beryllium exposure
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis - reaction from inhaling animal proteins; also called "farmer's lung disease"
See full list of 6 Types of Interstitial lung disease
Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Interstitial lung disease
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Definitions of Interstitial lung disease:
Heterogeneous group of noninfectious, nonmalignant disorders of the lower respiratory tract, affecting primarily the alveolar wall structures but also often involving the small airways and blood vessels of the lung parenchyma; may lead to respiratory insufficiency and death. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungs - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Interstitial lung disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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- External links relating to Interstitial lung disease
- Interstitial Lung Disease (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Acute pneumonia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pneumonia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pneumonia Variants (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia, idiopathic (Handbook of Diseases)
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (Handbook of Diseases)
- Pneumonia (Handbook of Diseases)
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