{"id":28805,"date":"2024-12-17T03:03:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T21:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28805"},"modified":"2025-04-08T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:45:00","slug":"idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a serious chronic disease that <strong>affects the tissue surrounding the air sacs,<\/strong> or alveoli, in the lungs.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>lung tissue becomes thick and stiff<\/strong> for unknown reasons \u2014 causing permanent scarring in the lungs over time.<\/li>\n<li>Fibrosis can make it progressively more difficult to breathe for the patient.<\/li>\n<li>Complications from IPF include <strong>pulmonary hypertension and respiratory failure<\/strong>, which happen when the lungs cannot deliver enough oxygen into the bloodstream without support. This prevents the brain and other organs from getting the oxygen they need.<\/li>\n<li>Individuals with a history of <strong>smoking or a family history<\/strong> of IPF are at higher risk. The <strong>risk also increases with age,<\/strong> making older adults more susceptible to developing the disease.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Common symptoms include <strong>shortness of breath and a dry cough<\/strong> \u2014 both of which are likely to get worse over time.<\/li>\n<li>Patients might also have <strong>aching muscles and joints<\/strong> as well as feeling extreme tiredness.<\/li>\n<li>A gradual, <strong>unintended loss of weight<\/strong> and generally feel unwell. Symptoms also include rapid, shallow breathing and clubbing \u2014 a widening and rounding of the tips of the fingers or toes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatment<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>There is <strong>no cure for IPF<\/strong>, but some treatments can help slow lung damage and improve quality of life.<\/li>\n<li>Medications like <strong>Nintedanib or Pirfenidone<\/strong> can help the lungs function better and reduce flare-ups.<\/li>\n<li>Oxygen therapy can improve breathing and exercise capacity, while ventilator support may be needed for severe cases.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What are Alveoli?<\/h3>\n<p>These are tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs located at the end of the bronchioles, the branch-like tubes in the lungs. The alveoli move oxygen and carbon dioxide (CO2) molecules into and out of your bloodstream.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/health-wellness\/zakir-hussains-death-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis-ipf-causes-most-vulnerable-symptoms-9727719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zakir Hussain\u2019s death from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF): What causes it and who is most vulnerable to it?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is a serious chronic disease that affects the tissue surrounding the air sacs, or alveoli, in the lungs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}