ILD

Question 1

What is ILD?

Answer 1

range of diseases which affect the lung parenchyma with cellular infiltration and/or fibrosis of the alveoli, interstitium and distal airways

Question 2

What happens to the lung in ILD?

Answer 2

• inflammation
• fibrosis (scarring)
• restriction (small stiff lungs)

Question 3

How does ILD present?

Answer 3

progressive breathlessness

dry, non productive cough

Question 4

What are the forms of ILD?

Answer 4

• idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• sarcoidosis
• hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• pneumoconiosis
• drug related interstitial disease

Question 5

Signs of ILD

Answer 5

• clubbing
• peripheral cyanosis
• fine crackles, bi nasally
• reduced expansion
• fine crackles
• lungs small, white diffuse nodular shadowing
• FEV1 and FVC are both reduced
• total lung capacity is reduced