INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE

[Ankitha]

My dad has been suffereing with severe cough from couple of months and the CTScan report showed yday that it is Interstitial lung disease. Below is the report. It states it is advanced state. He is started now on steroids. He is both diabetic and has high blood pressure. He is in India right now - Is there a better treatment available in US? How serious it is?  Is this condition life threatening - Please provide some info as soon as possible

- BOTH LUNGS SHOW INTERSTITIAL LUNG PATHOLOGY WITH INTER LOBULAR,INTRA LOBULAR AND PERI BRONCHO VASCULAR INTERSTITIAL THICKENING AND FIBROSIS. BOTH LOWER LOBES SHOWS LOSS OF VOLUME AND TRACTION BRONCHIECTASIS.BOTH LUNGS SHOW MINIMAL SUB PLEURAL HONEYCOMBING AND BULLAE.S/O IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS.

-SMALL SUBCENTIMETER PARATRACHEAL LYMPHNODES NOTED.
- CARDIOMEGALY NOTED.
- MEDIASTINAL GREAT VESSELS APPEARS NORMAL.
HRCT IMAGE MORPHOLOGY SUGGEST ADVANCED IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE.`


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