How does pulmonary fibrosis affect lungs?
My father has pulmonary fibrosis. It is scarring on the lungs and can be caused by many things. My Dad has asthma all his life, never smoked but nearly two years ago he went for a walking test at the hospital and after a pulmonary function test, various other tessts and mri found that he has p.fibrosis. He is on oxygen 4 litrs (17 hours but now needs it constantly) and eight neublizers a day plus various medication. His heart is now enlarged and the legs are going all the time. There is unfortunately no cure aside from a lung transplant. My dad is nearly 73 so that's out of the question. As his progresses his breathing is ok..ironic. It's a very hard disease to watch someone going through and even when I ask the doctors what will happen as I'm his full time carer they won't say. I would appreciate if anyone can tell me as I don't want to let Dad down and make mistakes.. Magsx
