Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (Treatment)
How interstitial pulmonary fibrosis is treated ?
• Cessation of smoking as it helps is stopping the condition from exacerbating.
• Get rid of the source: Stay away from the antigen/allergen, shift to new place or job if required.
• Including Pulmonary rehabilitation like chest physiotherapy , and flutter valve since they help in better breathing. Its helps will breathing techniques, fight back stress & mental health related issues, looks after overall fitness, diet and improves quality of life.
• Glucocorticoid therapy Prednisone is given 0.5-1 mg/kg/ body weight per day not exceeding 60 mg/day for duration of 1-2 weeks which is then taped down over the next 2-6 weeks. Alternative medicine can be required depending upon the cause of ILD, nintedanib and pirfenidone are show to slow rate of progression of disease in case if idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Oxygen therapy help since its difficult for individual to breath on their own. Devices like oxygen concentrators are available for those who need portable home oxygen machines.
• Immunosuprressant for autoimmune disorders.
• Lung reduction surgery where small wedges of damage lung parenchyma is removed, recommended in few of patients.
• Lung transplant can be useful in chronic severe cases where lung has undergo permanent damage and shows fibrotic changes.
Prognosis:
It’s a severe form of ILD hence it is progressive in nature and require continuous treatments, therapies and life style modifications to manage their symptoms but the prognosis is poor even with treatment as condition worsens with time.
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