The term ILD is used to distinguish these diseases from obstructive airways diseases. There are specific types in children, known as children's interstitial lung diseases.

“Interstitial lung disease” (ILD) is a term for a group of conditions that cause inflammation and scarring in your lungs. ILD is the result of damage to the tissues between the small air sacs in your lungs (alveoli) and the blood vessels around them.

Learn what interstitial lung disease (ILD) is, common symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and how ILD is managed. Find support and trusted resources from the American Lung Association.

ILD is characterized by progressive dyspnoea, cough, hypoxia, impaired lung function, diffuse bilateral infiltrates on imaging, inflammation, fibrosis, limited patient mobility and reduced quality-of-life (QOL) (3).

Interstitial (in-tur-STISH-ul) lung disease, also called ILD, describes a large group of conditions. Most of these conditions cause inflammation and progressive scarring of lung tissue.

To address this, “BIP ” has been introduced as the overarching term to describe an airway-centred pathological and/or radiological pattern observable in HP and other interstitial pneumonias, such as CTD-ILD, aspiration, and drug-induced ILD.

Patients who are more likely to have interstitial lung disease (ILD) tend to fall into several high-risk categories based on a combination of age, medical history, environmental exposure, and lifestyle factors.

Learn about interstitial lung disease (ILD), including its symptoms, causes, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment options, prevention, complications, and when to see a doctor.

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Task force recommendations for narrative questions for connective tissue disease (CTD)-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated ILD