What causes interstitial Lung disease?
Patient: sir, MY uncle has ILD-Interstitial Lung disease.from my research over google i found that the cause is important to be known. the cause wat i feel is due to breakage of acid bottle in bathroom which caused lot of smoke and that time he wasnot able to be normal for 15-20 minutes. then he was normal .may be that would have been the reason for this ILD. Please suggest wat we should do Doctor: Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.I can understand your concern. ILD (interstitial lung disease) can not be caused by single exposure of any chemical.Chronic exposure (for years) of chemicals can cause ILD.It is not possible to find out cause for each and every ILD patient. Some patients can develop ILD just because of aging (old age).So your uncle is not having ILD due to breakage of acid bottle.He might be having age related ILD. Better to start Perfinodone and N acetyl cystine (NAC) for ILD rather than searching for cause. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your uncle. Thanks.