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occupational and environmental diseases, pulmonary
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rare (U.S.) More common in those 30 years or older, but can occur in all age groups.

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family practitioner
internist
pulmonary critical care
pulmonologist

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interstitial lung disease - diffuse lung disease of interstitial tissues

Interstitial lung disease (ILD), also known as diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), refers to a group of lung diseases (including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), affecting the alveolar epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, perivascular and perilymphatic tissues. more

some common symptoms
blue lips or dusky skin cough difficulty breathing weight loss

some related diagnoses

1 - 7 of 58 diagnoses
	asthma

	cor pulmonale

	reactive airways dysfunction syndrome

	carbon monoxide poisoning

	respiratory acidosis

	tuberculosis pneumonia

	chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

	more

diagnostic test search results for 'interstitial lung disease'

1 - 5 of 32 diagnostic tests

	Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Antibody	antibodies against angiotensin converting enzyme interstitial lung disease and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Antibody
	Anti Glomerular Basement Antibodies	interstitial lung disease and Anti Glomerular Basement Antibodies
	Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)	interstitial lung disease and Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
	HRCT (High Resolution Computed Tomography)	interstitial lung disease and HRCT (High Resolution Computed Tomography)
	Arterial Blood Gas	interstitial lung disease and Arterial Blood Gas
	C Reactive Protein (CRP)	interstitial lung disease and C Reactive Protein (CRP)
	Chest X-ray	Radiological technique to image the chest interstitial lung disease and Chest X-ray
	Complete Blood Count	interstitial lung disease and Complete Blood Count
	Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)	interstitial lung disease and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
	Exercise stress test	Exercise Stress Test interstitial lung disease and Exercise stress test
	Pulmonary Function Tests	interstitial lung disease and Pulmonary Function Tests
	Antinuclear Antibody (ANA)	Antinuclear antibody blood test used to screen for autoimmune disorders interstitial lung disease and Antinuclear Antibody (ANA)
	Bronchoalveolar lavage	interstitial lung disease and Bronchoalveolar lavage
	Rheumatoid Factor (RF)	interstitial lung disease and Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
	Bronchoscopy	Bronchoscopy interstitial lung disease and Bronchoscopy
	Transbronchial biopsy	interstitial lung disease and Transbronchial biopsy
	Lung biopsy	interstitial lung disease and Lung biopsy
	Anti-Jo-1 antibody	antibodies seen in certain muscle and lung diseases interstitial lung disease and Anti-Jo-1 antibody
	Arterial line	placement of catheter in artery interstitial lung disease and Arterial line
	C reactive protein	interstitial lung disease and C reactive protein
	Cardiac monitoring	interstitial lung disease and Cardiac monitoring
	Cardiopulmonary exercise testing	interstitial lung disease and Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate	interstitial lung disease and Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
	HRCT (High Resolution Computed Tomography) chest	interstitial lung disease and HRCT (High Resolution Computed Tomography) chest
	KL-6 (Krebs von den Lungen-6) levels	interstitial lung disease and KL-6 (Krebs von den Lungen-6) levels
	Pulse oximetry	Oximetry interstitial lung disease and Pulse oximetry
	Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)	interstitial lung disease and Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
	anti citrulline antibody	interstitial lung disease and anti citrulline antibody
	bronchoscopic biopsy	interstitial lung disease and bronchoscopic biopsy
	carbon monoxide diffusion capacity	interstitial lung disease and carbon monoxide diffusion capacity
	mucin KL-6 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid	interstitial lung disease and mucin KL-6 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
	stress test standard treadmill	interstitial lung disease and stress test standard treadmill
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therapeutic procedure search results for 'interstitial lung disease'
1 - 5 of 8 therapeutic procedures
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	Lung transplantation	interstitial lung disease and Lung transplantation
	Oxygen	interstitial lung disease and Oxygen
	Pulmonary rehabilitation	interstitial lung disease and Pulmonary rehabilitation
	Bronchoalveolar lavage	interstitial lung disease and Bronchoalveolar lavage
	Bronchoscopy	Bronchoscopy interstitial lung disease and Bronchoscopy
	Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)	interstitial lung disease and Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
	Avoid Smoking	interstitial lung disease and Avoid Smoking
	Avoid Strenuous Physical Activity	interstitial lung disease and Avoid Strenuous Physical Activity
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medications search results for 'interstitial lung disease'
1 - 5 of 9 medications
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	prednisone	interstitial lung disease and prednisone
	cyclophosphamide	interstitial lung disease and cyclophosphamide
	acetylcysteine	interstitial lung disease and acetylcysteine
	Azathioprine	interstitial lung disease and Azathioprine
	bosentan	interstitial lung disease and bosentan
	colchicine	interstitial lung disease and colchicine
	interferon gamma-1b	interstitial lung disease and interferon gamma-1b
	penicillamine	interstitial lung disease and penicillamine
	pirfenidone	interstitial lung disease and pirfenidone
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