Similar to the silicosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), which is another lung interstitial disease, is characterized by lung fibrosis.
In this paper, bronchoalveolar lavage BAD and pulmonary fibrosis were studied by the three different kinds of grain dusts containing very little free SiO2.
Compared with lung hydroxyproline content measurement, it was shown that both have a similar result in displaying the extent of pulmonary fibrosis and its alteration trend.
Over his career, his 35 broken bones made the Guinness Book of Records; his body rattled with pins and plates, and it seemed preposterous that he should have died in his bed, of pulmonary fibrosis.
At high concentrations, it can cause significant acute disease with pulmonary edema, whereas chronic exposures at lower concentrations can lead to significant pulmonary fibrosis.
Recent studies on the pathogenesis of paraquat-induced pulmonary fibrosis are reviewed in this paper.
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