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Pulmonary fibrosis
Is a lung disease that occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred.
Symptoms:
- Shortness of breath, particularly during exercise.
- Dry, hacking cough.
- Fast, shallow breathing.
- Gradual unintended weight loss.
- Tiredness.
- Aching joints and muscles.
- Clubbing (widening and rounding) of the tips of the fingers or toes.
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count
- Urinalysis
- Blood test:
- Total protein
- Albumen
- Seromucoid
- Fibrinogen
- Sialic acid
- Haptoglobin
- Immunology test:
- Lymphocyte subsets
- Immunoglobulin M (IgM), Immunolobulin G (IgG)
- Chest X-ray
- Sputum culture, sensitivity test
- Peakflowmetry, spirometry
- Bronchography
- Bronchoscopy