Hi, Larry,

It took an biopsy to prove I had hypersensitivity pneumonitis at age 82, not ipf. Diagnosed in 2009, I had no symptoms except breathlessness, but was hospitalized at age 72 bcz I cldn’t breathe. Diagnosed then, Dr looked very sad when he told me of diagnosis. I was asymptomatic for several yrs, then began to be short of breathe when…

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Glad to make a connection, as I experienced major improvement within an a few weeks of starting the enzymes, following my own research, but discontinued them because of interactions with Warfarin. Have never taken prescription meds for HP, biopsy diagnosed after 2 yrs of doc unable to distinguish IPF or HP. Referral to UCSF, same result.…

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Hi, Hanne, I was giagnosed in 2009 with IPF, later determined by biopsy to be HP, also triggered by sensitivity to bird protiens, although I had no birds at the time of biopsy, nor was any treatment recommended by my pulmonologist or the consult team at UCSF consulted after the biopsy. I was ok, although somewhat short of breath, until a… Read more

An autopsy (age 78) was required for diagnosis, as the scans looked like IPF to the radiologist, but my pulmonologist was leaning toward Hypersansitivity Pneumonitis, since I had been coughing productively and was still around more than 4 yrs.  after diagnosis.I think I had C-19 in Dec, as the “flu” resembled the one I had in 2008 or 09,… Read more