All you want to know about interstitial lung disease and its relationship to the Corona virus?

Interstitial lung disease is a disease that affects the tissues surrounding the alveoli and blood vessels in the lung, making it difficult for the patient to breathe easily, and this disease can be confined to the lungs, or it also results in rheumatoid arthritis, and interstitial lung disease is more common in adults From it in children, during the following report we talk about the causes, treatment and symptoms of this disease and its relationship with the Corona virus, according to the "only my health" site.

 

What is the relationship of the Corona virus to lung disease?

 

Corona virus, when it attacks a person’s lungs, makes breathing difficult, and when a person is infected with interstitial lung disease, this results in pneumonia and poor respiratory efficiency, especially as it leads to some disturbances in the lungs that coincide with the complications of Corona infection, which leads to the infection of the respiratory syndrome.

 

What are the causes of lung disease?

 

Interstitial lung disease can be caused by various factors, which may be due to autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, myositis, lupus and sarcoidosis, and among the causes also include permanent exposure to inhalation of coal dust, tobacco smoke, or a chemical associated with hairdressing.

 

What are the symptoms of lung disease?

 

- Shortness of breath.

 

Cough (not productive).

 

Decreased exercise tolerance.

 

- Weight loss.

 

Tobacco smoke consumption.

 

How can lung disease be treated?

 

Treating interstitial lung disease can keep the lungs' ability to function and worsen the condition. However, once you are infected, it is difficult to restore your lung capacity to its original state, so treatment depends on the type of disease and the state of the disease.

 

Medicines:

Giving some steroids like rheumatism medication, mycophenolate, azathioprine, rituximab etc. which can prevent further spread of the disease, can help reduce the inflammation in the lungs and the condition of cirrhosis.

Oxygen therapy:

In this treatment, additional oxygen is provided through a tube in the nose to facilitate breathing, it is used to increase the levels of oxygen in the blood in the body so that breathing is more productive, this treatment is likely to be used in the Corona pandemic due to the low levels of oxygen in the blood.