Interstitial Lung Disease Questions

No use of homeopathy medicines in ild seriously trust me they may contain steroids as well like prednisolone
can you let me know whether you have uip ild nsip connective tissue ild from ra or sle or sjogrens.

Allopathic treatment includes antibiotics and iv steroids in a tapering dose as mentioned by you above to reduce the acute exacerbation.
Rest if the ild is uip pattern then it is not reversible and if it fibrotic nsip only the ggos which may have occurred now can be reversible. Rest is irreversible.
Please check whether it is uip or nsip on cect thorax.
Secondly ild is lung debilitating condition ultimately any amount of medicines just improves exacerbation and also will prevent furt...more

Dear Mr. lybrate-user, perfinidone is the mainstay treatment. In this condition, lung becomes like rope fibres, the size of the lungs reduces and hence there is difficulty in breathing (dam chadna) and cough is present. The above medication will halt the disease and prevents progress. Sadly no medicines available til now to reverse it. The only answer to this disease is lung transplantation. You can check few ipf groups on facebook. U can get few answers. There are trials going on, but the medic...more

Mr. lybrate-user, pirfefenidone is the main drug for ild if its ipf form. Acebrophylline is not useful in ild. There are few cough syrups that wil help to reduce it.

It depends on the type of ILD.

Nebulisation is not the main kine of treatment.
It is only supportive.

Depending on the type of ILD He needs to be started on tablets depending on IPF/NSIP Pattern and cause for ILD.
Oral tablets are the mainstay of treatment.

your treatment is at right direction. The role of MMF is questionable

It can stopped.
And improved by homoeopathic treatment.
There s no effective treatment in allopathy.
You can consult me at lybrate.

Do pulmonary function test! or review with pulmonologist to see the clinical signs of obstruction! if present, both medicine will help.

Really difficult to answer your question. Interstitial Lung disease and Chronic Kidney Disease are two morbidities which cripples life. Though they are incurable, it is difficult to predict how long the patient will survive. it depends upon the body energy store.

Pirfenedone is for IPF , a form of ILD of no known cause and age related.and gradually progressive in nature.