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whats interstitial pneumonia?

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Usually viral: Interstitial pneumonia is an infection that affect the small area in the lung tissue proper usually more spread out than consolidated to one area. Often caused by a virus.

Question 2

interstitial pneumonia is what?

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Particular xray: This refers to a kind of xray change seen in some kinds of pneumonia. It is not associated with a particular germ however. Although this was once thought to be the case. ( interstitial pneumonias were thought to be caused more often by viruses, and other atypical germs. The xray pattern however can be caused by things besides infection such as congestive heart failure, or inflammatory lung disease.

Question 3

anybody have interstitial pneumonia?

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Yes: Interstitial pneumonia just refers to the part of the lung involved which is the tissie and space around the air sacs (alveoli). Anyone can get pneumonia that involves the interstitium.

Question 4

can interstitial pneumonia be healed?

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Potentially: Interstitial pneumonia are occasionally caused by reversible causes like inflammation or viral infection. Often interstitial pneumonia can be something else like a senstivity to elements in the environment like a sensitivity to pets, molds or even medication such as amiodarone or nitrofurantoin.

Question 5

can usual interstitial pneumonia be cured?

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Interstitial Pneumon: Interstitial pneumonia is  called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis when cause is not known.Known causes are rhematoid arthritis, syst sclerosis/scleroderma , asbestosis and Nitrofurantoin toxicity.It is rapidly progressive disease and leads to respiratory failure and death.Some patients do well for a while, than they deteriorate rapidly with acute illness.Median survival is 3 to 4 years in most studies.

Question 6

what are the tests for interstitial pneumonia?

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Multiple tests: Imaging of the lung and in particular ct scan of the chest  can often help define the kind of interstitial lung disease, in addition pulmonary function tests can quantify the amount of lung function loss. Blood tests that detect abnormal antibodies seen in inflammatory diseases associated with interstitial pneumonia can be helpful, for example tests for lupus, rheumatoid arthritis.

Question 7

what are the symptoms of interstitial pneumonia?

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Similar to pneumonia: Interstitial pneumonia just refers to a specific x ray pattern of lung inflammation. It may be either related to infection or an inflammatory disease of the lung. Symptoms are similar to other lung diseases and include shortness of breath, with exertion or without)  and cough ( often without much sputum production), there maybe constitutional symptoms like fever, and fatigue.

Question 8

what is the prognosis of usual interstitial pneumonia (uip)?

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Usually is not good: Regardless of etiology, uip is relentlessly progressive, usually leading to respiratory failure and death. Some patients do well for a prolonged period of time, but then deteriorate rapidly because of a superimposed acute illness (so-called "accelerated uip"). The outlook for long-term survival is poor. In most studies, the median survival is 3 to 4 years.

Question 9

what is idiopathic interstitial pneumonia? how is it treated?

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Idiopathic: Interstitial Pneumonia(IIP) is a group of  non infectious pneumonias that share various clinical and radiographic findings, predominantly affect the interstitium of the lungs, and have no known cause.  It is not one entity, it is a category of entities.  The treatment depends on the subtype of IIP.

Question 10

are some people more prone to getting interstitial pneumonia?

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Depends: " interstitial pneumonias" really are a group of diseases, that have some factors that make them more likely, for example one type called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, is more common among certain groups of people like smokers, those who have been found to have certain genes etc,  another kind of interstitial pneumonia is caused by sarcoidois, which is more common among people in north europe etc.

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