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Interstitial Lung Disease Is Curable
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Is intersitial lung disease curable?
No: It is treatable, but not curable.
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Lung (Definition)
Deoxygenated blood enters the lungs from the right side of the heart and travels to the lungs. When you inspire, oxygen flows into the lungs, transverses the capilliares and attaches to hemoglobin down a gradient. At the same time, co2 diffuses into the capilaries and is expelled with exhalation. Oxygen rich blood then flows to the left side of the heart and into the ...Read more
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Is lung disease treatable?
Lung disease: Yes depending on the nature of the lung disease. ...Read more
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Is chronic interstitial lung disease? Reversible?
No: It is a progressive disease with no known effective treatment to reverse the process. ...Read more
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How is interstitial lung disease dianosed?
See below: By history and physical, including your symptoms, occupational and other exposures etc; x-rays and ct scans and pulmonary function tests. You may also need a biopsy. ...Read more
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What is standard interstitial lung disease treatment?
Depends on state: If there is active inflammation going on steroids and antiinflammatories are used. As the inflammation burns out, there is fibrosis and oxygen may be necessary. Eventually in severe cases and in rapidly deteriorating lungs, lungs transplantation may be necessary. ...Read more
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Is emphysema curable?
No...: Empysema, a form of COPD typically due to smoking, is not curable. It is a slowly progressive disease. The best way to prevent this is to avoid smoking and/or to quit asap if you already smoke. ...Read more
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Is COPD a common lung disease?
Yes...: There are different forms of COPD but, in general, it is a pretty common disease, usually caused by smoking. It is not curable so avoiding smoking is needed to prevent the disease. If you smoke, quitting will decrease your risk and decrease symptoms if already diagnosed with copd. ...Read more
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What is interstitial pulmonary disease?
IPF ?: It's a disease characterized by thickening of the membrane of the lungs causing difficulty of the oxygen molecule from passing into the blood. Symptoms are usually related to shortness of breath and cough. Cause is unknown. ...Read more
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What is cure on interstitial lung disease (ild)?
Steroids: Usually if steroids work, then you are in luck. Otherwise there is no cure. You can consider lung transplant if condition severe enough. ...Read more
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Interstitial lung disease. What is this?
Connective tissue: The lung has interstital tissue which connects and hold the lungs together like a net. The bronchial tubes connect to the air sacs. Oxygen must pass through the bronchial tubes, air sacs and interstitium to oxygenate the blood. In ild the insterstitum becomes inflamed and scarred due to inhaled substances, drugs, arthritis, infection, cancer, or unknown -- can lead to decreased oxygen level. ...Read more
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Is pulmonary emphysema a communicable disease?
Only if you...: Only if you pass the cigarette. Otherwise, you're not going to give emphysema to others. ...Read more
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What's the cure for interstitial lung disease/pulmonary fibrosis?
None unfortunately: So far there is no effective treatment or cure for interstitial lung disease. In some cases where it is due to hypersensitivity to some inhaled antigen, steroid treatment may help, but otherwise there is no treatment of benefit. ...Read more
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What is emphysematous bullous lung disease?
COPD : Emphysema and obstructive lung disease cause air to be trapped cause air spaces to expand. They look like balloon like structures that may make breathing difficult. ...Read more
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Is it true that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is curable?
No: It is a chronic progressive disease. Once the damage is done it is not reversible. ...Read more
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Is hodgkin's disease curable?
Yes: Hodgkin's disease is a type of lymphoma. This cancer of the lymph nodes is very curable and is sensitive to chemotherapy and radiation. We use different combinations of treatment depending on the stage of the cancer. Occasionally after treatment there can be recurrences and more aggressive treatment is needed. Some people still die of the disease but over the decades cure is more likely. ...Read more
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Is pneumonia a form of interstitial lung disease?
Pneumonia: Interstitial lung diseases are typically progressive processes that are not commonly associated with infection. They may ultimately be associated with fibrosis. That being said there are pneumonias that present with an, "interstitial pattern, " on chest x-ray. They are known as interstitial pneumonias. Interstitial pneumonia will not progress to diffuse fibrosis and are not considered ilds. ...Read more
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What is lung disease?
Disease of lung: Variety of diseases involved lung and its componants as respiratory system in whole. Shahzeidi, md. ...Read more
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How is chronic lung disease in infancy diagnosed?
Respiratory support: Chronic Lung disease of prematurity (bronchopulmonary dysplasia) has a specific set of criteria for diagnosis. The basic concept is that the baby is born premature and requires some form of respiratory support (oxygen, CPAP, mechanical ventilation) at one month of age or beyond 36 weeks corrected gestational age. Chronic lung disease outside of this definition is a less defined phenomenon. ...Read more
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Which disease is deadlier: chronic bronchitis or kidney disease (stage 4)?
Kidney ds/more info: It is difficult to determine from the information provided. Stage 4 kidney disease is severe but most forms of chronic bronchitis can be managed. ...Read more
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Is c.O.P.D. A real lung disease?
YES!!: Chronic obstructive lung disease. This is a heading for chronic bronchitis/asthma and emphysema. One may have overlap with eachother. This is diagnosed with a history and physical as well as chest xray and pulmonary function test. Copd is not interchangeable with emphysema. ...Read more
Interstitial Lung Disease (Definition)
A condition in which the tissue surrounding the small air sacs of the lung have been damaged by lung ...Read more
Lung Diseases (Definition)
That is a very broad question as there are 100's of things that ...Read more
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