Pulmonary fibrosis?!
Question: Pulmonary fibrosis!?
my friend told me he has pulmonary fibrosis and he got it because he managed to scar is lung!. i looked it up on wikipedia and it says that he won't live for long but it's what men over 50 years old get and he's only 15!. it's possible that he has pulmonary hypertension but i can't remember!. i am exceedingly distraught if he doesn't have long to live, it's eating away inside me!. can you tell me the honest truth, which one does he have and will he pull through!? he said he was given 5 years to live and he gets shortness of breath but he's learnt to live with it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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If it is Pulmonary Fibrosis and I hope it isn't, then yes he would get very breathless, and often it starts with minute scarring of the lungs, it can also be hereditary or caused by long term smoking, people as young as 8 have been diagnosed with it, I really don't like to go into too much detail as it isn't pleasant, I have recently nursed someone with it, why don't you talk to him and his parents, I'm assuming that you are the same age!? so take your parents with you for support, continue to be the good friend That you obviously are!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is scarring or thickening of the lungs without a known cause!.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the most common form of IIP, causes progressive pulmonary fibrosis predominantly in male smokers!. Symptoms and signs develop over months to years and include exertional dyspnea, cough, and fine (Velcro) crackles!. Diagnosis is based on history, physical examination, chest x-ray, and pulmonary function tests and is confirmed with HRCT, lung biopsy, or both if necessary!. No specific treatment has proven effective, but corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, or a combination are often given!. Most patients deteriorate even with treatment; median survival is < 3 yr from diagnosis!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the most common form of IIP, causes progressive pulmonary fibrosis predominantly in male smokers!. Symptoms and signs develop over months to years and include exertional dyspnea, cough, and fine (Velcro) crackles!. Diagnosis is based on history, physical examination, chest x-ray, and pulmonary function tests and is confirmed with HRCT, lung biopsy, or both if necessary!. No specific treatment has proven effective, but corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, or a combination are often given!. Most patients deteriorate even with treatment; median survival is < 3 yr from diagnosis!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i have cystic fibrosis and its not the same thing but i understand what you are talking about!. with Cystic fibrosis, if i scar my lungs then it doesn't heal kinda like how it is with him!. as long as he treats his body well and doesnt let his lungs scar anymore and if he does all his medicines like hes supposed to then im sure he'll live a good while!.Www@Answer-Health@Com