What are symptoms of pulmonary fibrosis?

Shortness of breath: Shortness of breath and nonproductive cough are the most common symptoms for this rare disease. Older age eg over 50 is usually required ..... Presuming you are talking about ipf.

Dyspnea: Shortness of breath is the primary symptom of ipf.Also dry cough, weight loss , inability to do activities you did several months ago.

Breathlessness: Shortness of breath with exertion is the most frequent symptom. Dry cough and ankle swelling may occur. Eventually breathlessness even at rest can occur.

Shortness of breath: Can also have decreased exercise capacity. Signs would include low oxygen and "Velcro" crackles

Shortness of breath: Could be slowly progressive. Cough, short of breath, dyspnea to effort among the common ones.

Shortness of Breath: Mainly, patients with pulmonary fibrosis have shortness of breath. Some can get low oxygen levels. Others can also have an unrelenting cough. The thing is, however, this greatly depends on how severe the pulmonary fibrosis (or scarring) is. If you have only mild scarring, you can have no symptoms at all. The best way to find out how much it has affected you is to do a lung function test.