Cellcept interstitial lung disease

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Avatar n tn Lung markings of this type, located in the peripheral parts of the lungs, with extension to the pleura could indicate early fibrosis, a type of lung scarring, but need not be indicative of any disease or, if disease, need not be progressive. The pulmonary specialist will probably order a CT scan of the lungs to better characterize these findings and will then be able to advise you whether or not further diagnostic testing is warranted.
Avatar f tn Scarring, that can resemble interstitial fibrosis, can occur with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but COPD and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are 2 different diseases. Smoking causes COPD. The cause of IPF is unknown, and at this time, there is no proven effective treatment for it. Asbestos can also cause scarring, but unlike COPD and IPF, it frequently involves the membrane that encases the lungs, called the pleura.
Avatar f tn I was recently dignosed with Respiratory Bronchiolitis Interstitial Lung disease and even after talking to the doctor I don't know what to expect from this disease. Also what are the sympthoms besided shortness of breath and chest pain? Because I currently have several other sympthoms such as joint pain, muscle pain, severe fatigue, headaches, ligthheadness, and over feeling of illness. Also, are there any treatments for this disease? My doctor said nothing works.
Avatar f tn In this category I would place conditions such as pulmonary hypertension (of whatever cause) interstitial lung disease (including acute bronchiolitis), inflammatory pulmonary vascular disease, cardiomyopathy, and constrictive pericarditis, The “right heart thickening” you mention could be an important early sign of pulmonary hypertension, not grossly elevated on the initial testing but rapidly progressive.
Avatar f tn Mother worked in hosiery mills and then in 1966 @ Corning Glass Works working with glass cane cutting them down into various lengths to make resistors. She would come home covered in this "glass dust". Immediate family members that lived together with my mother had some sort of lung issues (i.e.
Avatar n tn i am a patient of mixed connective tissue disease with early interstitial lung disease, on azathioprine (75mg per day)&steroid:deflazacort(6mg every alt day) for more than a year & now pre diabetic. should i stop the steroid in order to save myself from diabetes?
Avatar n tn It causes parenchymal distortion. Usually seen in interstitial lung disease and fibrosis due to asbestosis, silicosis etc. Do discuss this with your doctor and get yourself examined. Take care!
Avatar n tn ) Pulmonary vascular diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension, pulmonary embolism, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, and pulmonary vasculitis should be considered in a patient with a significant reduction in DlCO and normal spirometry and lung volumes. Early interstitial lung disease can cause mild to moderate reductions in DlCO before the development of abnormal spirometry and lung volumes.
764912 tn?1322711843 The enzymes stayed elavated until 2007 when they changed and indicating issue with the biliary part of my liver. We did rule out all other hepatitus so assumed it was auto immune. A biopsy showed my liver to be ok. Since that time I have suffered with pain in joints, elavated kidney tests. ANA is elavated on and off, anti-cardio lipon titers also off & on. Also my CRP is elavated, and my ESR, but never could we get a dx of Lupus or any other auto-immune disease.
1611319 tn?1378618399 but IHad my appointment with my pulmonary today and received some what bad news. Advanced Interstitial lung disease. From Feb CT till April CT shows a lot of advancement. He is recommending a lung transplant! He suggested that I could get a second opinion and that I just visit the Houston Transplant Team for a consult to see what they say. I do not have to decide right away. He did not recommend doing a lung biopsy with my other health issues. Shocked!
1511858 tn?1290477459 My neuro had me on 2000 mg cellcept daily after we stopped the IV steroids, about 5 month ago I started having deep chest pain shoutness of breath and my collar bone was like getting larger my neuro endo and md said anxiety and put me on meds for depression and stress....I decided to find a different neuro because neuro issues getting worse legs weaker tremors and jerks...the first think she said is cancer can make neruo issues worse. she sched a cat scan and I have a lesion in my right lung.
3236191 tn?1451021479 t really find anything on Google about what that phrase could mean and it keeps sending me to pages about interstitial lung disease.
89592 tn?1391274422 Honeycomb pattern of lung sets in if there is fibrosis. This is usually seen in interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), also called as diffuse parenchymal lung disease. Of all the ILDs, the honey comb pattern is most common in idiopathic interstitial pneumonias or in idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). As the name suggests, the pneumonia like condition of the lung has no known cause.
Avatar n tn All patients in this case series were hospitalized with various respiratory diagnoses, including pneumonitis, diffuse interstitial pneumopathy, and dyspnea/lung infiltration. Radiographic imaging indicated bilateral lung infiltrates in seven patients. In two cases, fluid from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) showed elevated eosinophils and neutrophils. In one patient, lung biopsy revealed an autoimmune interstitial alveolitis. A four-year-old female died after developing pneumonitis.
Avatar n tn If diagnosed with interstitial lung disease, how do you know which disorder under ILD? There are so many. Thank you.
Avatar n tn On O2 24 hours/day. First CT scan showed interstitial/aveolar disease and thickening, second CT scan 5 months later showed, none of those, but several small nodules, possible fibrosis and atelectasis, but no active lung disease, then 3 months later CT scan showed atelectasis, no nodules, no mention of aveolar or interstitial lung disease or fibrosis. In looking for answer to why hypoxic.....dr.
Avatar n tn I don't know the specific illness you have but it's damage would fall under a class of disease called Interstitial Lung Disease, here's a link where you can read about it: http://www.mayoclinic.
Avatar m tn A Persantine MIBI scan showed evidence of ischemia. He had a pulmonary function test which showed moderate interstitial lung disease. The patient was brought in and catheterized by myself to exclude any possibility that his shortness of breath may have any cardiac component to it. He had grade I LV function with a normal RCA, LAD, and circumflex. A full hemodynamic assessment was made and his cardiac output was 6.8 liters per minute.