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'''Pulmonary fibrosis''' is a irreversible and progressive disease in which the [[pulmonary alveoli|air sacs]] of the [[lung]]s become stiff and hard to fill, making breathing increasingly more difficult until death ensues. A number of forms of the disease come from industrial exposure to coal dust or sand blasting; other cases are due to drug reactions, and sometimes the cause is never known. | |||
Formally, it is a "process in which normal lung tissues are progressively replaced by [[fibroblast]]s and [[collagen]] causing an irreversible loss of the ability to transfer oxygen into the bloodstream via [[pulmonary alveoli]]. Patients show progressive [[dyspnea]] finally resulting in death."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | Formally, it is a "process in which normal lung tissues are progressively replaced by [[fibroblast]]s and [[collagen]] causing an irreversible loss of the ability to transfer oxygen into the bloodstream via [[pulmonary alveoli]]. Patients show progressive [[dyspnea]] finally resulting in death."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:37, 26 June 2010
Pulmonary fibrosis is a irreversible and progressive disease in which the air sacs of the lungs become stiff and hard to fill, making breathing increasingly more difficult until death ensues. A number of forms of the disease come from industrial exposure to coal dust or sand blasting; other cases are due to drug reactions, and sometimes the cause is never known.
Formally, it is a "process in which normal lung tissues are progressively replaced by fibroblasts and collagen causing an irreversible loss of the ability to transfer oxygen into the bloodstream via pulmonary alveoli. Patients show progressive dyspnea finally resulting in death."[1]
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Pulmonary fibrosis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.