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What is RA-ILD?
RA-ILD stands for rheumatoid arthritis interstitial lung disease. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune condition affecting mostly the small joints of the hands, but can also affect other organs of the body such as the lungs. It is an autoimmune condition…
What is CTD-ILD?
CTD-ILD or connective tissue disease associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a diagnosis term. Connective tissue diseases are a group of autoimmune conditions which may affect various organs of the body. They are called autoimmune because the body’s immune system…
What is PF-ILD / PPF – progressive lung fibrosis
These acronyms refer to definitions of interstitial lung disease where fibrosis (scarring) of the lungs becomes worse over time. Unfortunately, in the field of ILD there are many such acronyms which can be quite confusing. These two terms refer mostly…
Common side effects of nintedanib
In the field of interstitial lung diseases, nintedanib is considered to be an antifibrotic drug. Its action is to slow down the progression of the fibrosis (scarring) of the lungs, even though it does not reverse it. Initially approved for…
How to conduct the first consultation for ILD?
This is the 8th episode of the Interstitial Lung Disease podcast. Today I discuss about how to conduct the first consultation for interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients. What questions do you ask during the initial consultation? This is my own…
Why is familial interstitial lung disease (ILD) important? How to identify cases?
In this article I will discuss about the importance of family history in the diagnosis and management of interstitial lung disease (ILD). Most people do not know that part of my job in Manchester is to perform a clinic which…
Pragmatic treatment decisions in IPF
Unfortunately we still do not have very good treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The antifibrotics that we have (in 2022) only seem slow down the generally inevitable progress of IPF. To complicate matters further, in certain countries (in this example…