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Possible interstitial lung disease
by Jules207, Oct 17, 2009 07:11PM
A recent CT scan was normal and showed mild peribronchovascular thickening in lower part of lungs. However, because of a chronic cough for a year and a half, high eosinophil count and gradual shortness of breath when walking, my dr. decided to send me for further evaulation. No results yet from HRCT, but during rehab 6 min. walk (on level ground) my O2 went from 97% to 91% and it was suggested I need to consider using oxygen during exercise. My PFT was also done, and my lung diffusion looked pretty good. All in all, I am wondering if I am wasting my time and money pursuing this. From everything I have read, interstitial lung disease will present with abnormal lung diffusion. Has anyone on this forum been diagnosed with ILD and had normal lung diffusion? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Also, I was positively diagnosed in 2002 with dermatomyositis.
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