Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Young Adult: A Rare Presentation and Management Challenges

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease commonly seen in older adults. This case study presents a rare occurrence of IPF in a healthy 26-year-old male. He experienced dyspnea, a dry cough, and fatigue for four months. Tests showed lung function abnorma...

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Autores principales: Saeed, Shahzeb, Mohammed, Norhan, Maktabijahromi, Niloufar, Ekhator, Chukwuyem, Arshad, Muniba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10404363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37551291
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43010
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author Saeed, Shahzeb
Mohammed, Norhan
Maktabijahromi, Niloufar
Ekhator, Chukwuyem
Arshad, Muniba
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description Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease commonly seen in older adults. This case study presents a rare occurrence of IPF in a healthy 26-year-old male. He experienced dyspnea, a dry cough, and fatigue for four months. Tests showed lung function abnormalities and typical pneumonia patterns on imaging, confirming IPF. Treatment included pirfenidone and supportive measures. Early recognition and research are vital for managing IPF in young adults due to limited data.
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spelling pubmed-104043632023-08-07 Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Young Adult: A Rare Presentation and Management Challenges Saeed, Shahzeb Mohammed, Norhan Maktabijahromi, Niloufar Ekhator, Chukwuyem Arshad, Muniba Cureus Internal Medicine Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease commonly seen in older adults. This case study presents a rare occurrence of IPF in a healthy 26-year-old male. He experienced dyspnea, a dry cough, and fatigue for four months. Tests showed lung function abnormalities and typical pneumonia patterns on imaging, confirming IPF. Treatment included pirfenidone and supportive measures. Early recognition and research are vital for managing IPF in young adults due to limited data. Cureus 2023-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10404363/ /pubmed/37551291 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43010 Text en Copyright © 2023, Saeed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10404363/
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