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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (or IPF) is a disease that has no known cause and, up until now, no known cure. There are several treatment options available to ease the symptoms, but there’s still no cure. Among the treatments available, there is lung transplant, which has been the most successful method…

Pirfenidone (Esbriet) is an anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic drug that reduces inflammation and fibrosis simultaneously. Pirfenidone is an approved pharmacological agent for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). In this video, shared by Demystifying Medicine, a youtube channel from McMaster…

Pulmonary fibrosis is a heart and lung condition that causes the thickening of the walls of the alveoli, scarring the alveoli and lung tissue. Because of this thickening and scarring, the amount of oxygen that can pass into the blood vessels is reduced causing PF patients to experience shortness…

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a severely debilitating condition that leaves patients struggling to breathe. IPF is the rare lung disease which claimed the lives of Hollywood actor, Marlon Brando, and international daredevil, Evel Knievel. Unfortunately, most patients who suffer from this deadly respiratory condition have never heard of it until…

Breathing is the process that moves air in and out of the lungs, or oxygen through other respiratory organs. This is one of the most important things that our body does, that allow us to be alive. Pulmonary fibrosis patients have difficulties in breathing, which means that something in their bodies…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnjwJTTVmKs&feature=youtu.be Living with a chronic illness means that not all days are good days. Sometimes you wake up feeling unwell but still have to get on and do things, leave your house and face the day. To help you through those rough days, Lauren from …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB71s2_klbA I Am News, a local community news project from Swansea, UK, shared this video where you can meet Margaret Marsh. Margaret is an idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patient, a member of the British Lung Foundation and Chair of Chepstow Breathe Easy Group. In this video, she…

While living with a serious rare lung condition such as pulmonary fibrosis, it is understandable that several doubts and questions about it may come up. In this video, shared by Demystifying Medicine, learn more about some important questions regarding pulmonary fibrosis. Is PF the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZjVxgHXR8E I Am News, a local community news project from Swansea, UK, shared this video where you can meet Margaret Barnard. Margaret is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient, a member of the British Lung Foundation and Breathe Easy Group. In this video, she shares a little bit…

You’ve probably already heard about stem cells and their healing power. Several disease can be treated by using stem cells treatments and therapies, pulmonary fibrosis being one of them. But what exactly are stem cells and how can they be so versatile to be able to be used as…