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If you have pulmonary fibrosis, will your lung ever heal?
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Maybe : There are reversible and irreversible types of fibrosis. A patient with pulmonary fibrosis needs evaluation by a pulmonologist.
Answered 9/28/2016
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No: Pulmonary fibrosis is not a reversible or curable disease at this time.
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