Symptoms of Interstitial lung disease

Symptoms of Interstitial lung disease

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Interstitial lung disease includes the 7 symptoms listed below:

• Fever
• Fatigue
• Muscle pain
• Joint pain
• Abnormal chest sounds
• Alveolitis
• Lung fibrosis
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• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

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Do I have Interstitial lung disease?

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Interstitial lung disease: Medical Mistakes

• Asthma -- Health Mistakes
• Allergies -- Health Mistakes
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Interstitial lung disease: Undiagnosed Conditions

Diseases that may be commonly undiagnosed in related medical areas:

• Chronic Respiratory Disorders that may be Undiagnosed:
  • Asthma -- Undiagnosed
  • Allergies -- Undiagnosed
  • COPD -- Undiagnosed
  • Emphysema -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Bronchitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Lung Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Sinusitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Cystic Fibrosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Interstitial lung disease:

• Lung & Respiratory Health Tests:
  • Asthma-Related Home Test Kits
  • Home Lung Function Test Kits
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Interstitial lung disease?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Interstitial lung disease includes:

• Chronic cough
• Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Wheezing
• more diagnoses...»

See the full list of 3 alternative diagnoses for Interstitial lung disease

Interstitial lung disease: Research Doctors & Specialists

• Lung Health Specialists (Pulmonologist):
  • Pulmonology (Lung Health Specialists)
  • Pediatric Pulmonology (Child Lung Health)
• more specialists...»

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Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Abnormal chest sounds - see all causes of Chest symptoms
• Alveolitis - see all causes of Lung symptoms
• Fatigue - see all causes of Fatigue
• Fever - see all causes of Fever
• Joint pain - see all causes of Joint pain
• Lung fibrosis - see all causes of Lung fibrosis
• Muscle pain - see all causes of Muscle pain

Medical Books Online about Interstitial lung disease

Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Interstitial lung disease are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Interstitial lung disease.

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Symptoms of Interstitial lung disease: Online Medical Books

16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration, for more information about the symptoms of Interstitial lung disease.

Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

The presenting symptoms of BOOP are usually subacute, with a flulike syndrome of fever, persistent and nonproductive cough, dyspnea (especially with exertion), malaise, anorexia, and weight loss lasting for several weeks to several months. Physical assessment findings may reveal dry crackles as the only abnormality. Less common symptoms include a productive cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, generalized aching, and night sweats.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

The patient typically has a history of an immunocompromising condition (such as HIV infection, leukemia, or lymphoma) or procedure (such as organ transplantation).

PCP begins insidiously with increasing shortness of breath and a nonproductive cough. Anorexia, generalized fatigue, and weight loss may follow. Although the patient may have hypoxemia and hypercapnia, he may not exhibit significant symptoms. He may, however, have a low-grade, intermittent fever.

Other signs and symptoms include tachypnea, dyspnea, accessory muscle use for breathing, crackles (in about one-third of patients), marked pallor, and decreased breath sounds (in advanced pneumonia). Cyanosis may appear with acute illness; pulmonary consolidation develops later.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Acute pneumonia: Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Coughing, sputum production, pleuritic chest pain, shaking, chills, fever, pleural effusion

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Pneumonia: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

The main symptoms of pneumonia are coughing, sputum production, pleuritic chest pain, shaking chills, shortness of breath, rapid shallow breathing, and fever. Physical signs vary widely, ranging from diffuse, fine crackles to signs of localized or extensive consolidation and pleural effusion. There may also be associated symptoms of headache, sweating, loss of appetite, excess fatigue, and confusion (in older people).

Complications include hypoxemia, respiratory failure, pleural effusion, empyema, lung abscess, and bacteremia, with spread of infection to other parts of the body, resulting in meningitis, endocarditis, and pericarditis.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia, idiopathic: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

The presenting symptoms of BOOP are usually subacute, with a flulike syndrome of fever, persistent and nonproductive cough, dyspnea (especially on exertion), malaise, anorexia, and weight loss lasting from several weeks to several months. Physical assessment findings may reveal dry crackles as the only abnormality. Less common signs and symptoms include a productive cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, generalized aching, and night sweats.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

The patient typically has a history of an immunocompromising condition (such as HIV infection, leukemia, or lymphoma) or procedure (such as organ transplantation).

PCP begins insidiously with increasing shortness of breath and a nonproductive cough. Anorexia, generalized fatigue, and weight loss may follow. Although the patient may have hypoxemia and hypercapnia, he may not exhibit significant symptoms. He may, however, have a low-grade, intermittent fever.

Other signs and symptoms include tachypnea, dyspnea, accessory muscle use for breathing, crackles (in about one-third of patients), and decreased breath sounds (in advanced pneumonia). Cyanosis may appear with acute illness; pulmonary consolidation develops later.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Pneumonia: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

The five cardinal signs and symptoms of early bacterial pneumonia are coughing, sputum production, pleuritic chest pain, shaking chills, and fever. Physical signs vary widely, ranging from diffuse, fine crackles to signs of localized or extensive consolidation and pleural effusion.

Complications include hypoxemia, respiratory failure, pleural effusion, empyema, lung abscess, and bacteremia, with the spread of infection to other parts of the body resulting in meningitis, endocarditis, and pericarditis.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

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About signs and symptoms of Interstitial lung disease:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Interstitial lung disease. This signs and symptoms information for Interstitial lung disease has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Interstitial lung disease signs or Interstitial lung disease symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Interstitial lung disease may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Interstitial lung disease symptoms.