09/08/2025
September is Pulmonary Fibrosis month! Here at PCH, our cardiopulmonary department is helping to spread awareness about this debilitating lung disease. Our pulmonary rehab team has experience working with patients with PF with main goals to improve those patients’ quality of life and provide the patient education on managing their disease.
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF): The word “pulmonary” means lung and “fibrosis” means scarring. PF is a form of interstitial lung disease.
Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD): ILD includes all the diseases in which there is inflammation or scar tissue that develops in the walls of the air sacs in the lungs. Many forms of ILD are called pulmonary fibrosis. Pulmonary fibrosis is not a specific disease but is a general term that describes ILD.
