Symptoms of Interstitial lung disease?!
Question:
Symptoms of Interstitial lung disease?
Answers:
Despite the wide variety of disorders classified as interstitial lung disease, the signs and symptoms are often similar:
A feeling of breathlessness (dyspnea), especially during or after physical activities
A dry cough
Because these problems are vague and tend to develop gradually — often long after you have irreversible lung damage — you may attribute them to aging, to being overweight or out of shape, or to the residual effects of an upper respiratory infection.
Symptoms tend to become progressively worse, however, and eventually you may notice you're getting out of breath during routine activities — getting dressed, talking on the phone, even eating. At this point, breathing problems become impossible to ignore.
Other, far less common signs and symptoms of some types of interstitial lung disease include wheezing, chest pain and clubbing of the fingers, a physical sign that occurs when your fingertips painlessly enlarge and the nails curve over the tops of your fingertips