Dr. David J. Lederer, Senior Medical Advisor for Education and Awareness for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, Explains Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Dr. David Lederer explains that the big picture of lung disease is vast and includes a family of diseases called interstitial lung diseases (ILD), which consist of more than 100 different diseases. These diseases are grouped together because they share two common features - inflammation and scar tissue, which occur in the walls of the tiny air sacs of the lungs.

The difference between interstitial lung disease and pulmonary fibrosis is that interstitial lung diseases include all of the diseases in which there is inflammation or scar tissue in the walls of the air sacs. Pulmonary fibrosis is not a specific disease but is a general term that refers to any kind of ILD in which scar tissue is present in the walls of the air sacs.

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) offers essential programs and resources for people with pulmonary fibrosis. The mission of the PFF is to mobilize people and resources to provide access to high quality care and to lead research for a cure so that people with PF will lead longer, healthier lives.

For more information, visit pulmonaryfibrosis.org.

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