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How will i know that my mum has only a few weeks/ days before she dies? she's 64yrs old and is in late stages of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis .
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Sorry: sorry to hear that. It is a very bad disease with loss of lung function. being what ultimately causes someone in that situation to die. (transplant ?). Not able to keep the oxygen up, or accumulation of fluid behind the lungs, or a cold/upper respiratory infection, or not being able to breathe out the bad air. With all but the last, not being able to breathe is the bad sign.
Answered 6/12/2014
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