Nailing down a diagnosis of CTD-ILD can improve chances of survival over other diagnoses such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, she emphasized. “You may be asked, does the patient have an ...

Interstitial lung disease is a chronic, progressive lung disease that has no cure. While some people die within years after diagnosis, others can live for many years with ILD. Try not to let the ...

Challenges in diagnosis in India ILD turned out to be particularly difficult in India due to certain peculiarities such as the high incidence of tuberculosis. In most of India and especially ...

Unfortunately, due to its overlapping symptoms with other common respiratory illnesses, diagnosing ILD can often be a prolonged and difficult process. This delay in diagnosis, combined with the ...

The Program for Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease's mission is to provide state of the art evaluation and treatment for patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD). The University of ...