There are few guarantees in life. However, I can pretty much guarantee that if you are diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a caregiver is in your future. Prior to my IPF diagnosis in January 2017, my wife, Susan, never attended medical appointments with me. I didn’t need…
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My name is Kylene, and I’m writing this column from my husband’s hospital room. For a little backstory, my husband, Donnie, was diagnosed with autoimmune-related pulmonary fibrosis in 2022, after a year-long battle with continuous and unrelenting symptoms. He was hospitalized at his initial diagnosis because of…
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Reducing doses of antifibrotic medications when side effects make treatment difficult to tolerate was not linked to a significantly higher risk of disease progression in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a real-world study found. The study included more than 1,500 people with IPF. More than 30% received lower…
Becoming educated and informed about PF is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your PF journey.
There is no cure for PF yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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