Simple Facts of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Coughing and shortness of breath are main symptoms and complications of a condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). IPF is a subcategory of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease that causes scarring of the lungs which makes breathing difficult. IPF has no known cause and no current available cure, although some treatment options exist to ease the symptoms.

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In this video, shared by Demystifying Medicine (a YouTube channel from McMaster University), learn more about the condition, some simple but important facts that will help you better understand who it tends to affect, its risk factors, how to treat it, and how to live better with it.

Learn more about some known pulmonary fibrosis causes here.

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