Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease
isolated to the lung. IPF is a type of interstitial
lung disease, which is a group of
200 diseases with similar symptoms but different causes. Symptoms of Idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis develops gradually and may not be noticed until the disease
is well-established. IPF affects each person differently and the disease
progresses at varying rates and it primarily involves the interstitium (the
tissue and space around the air sacs of the lungs) and does not affect the
airways or blood vessels directly.