Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Evaluation

Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Approach for ILD

Interstitial lung disease is a group of conditions that scar the lung tissue and cause a dry cough or slowly worsening breathlessness. Causes include autoimmune disease, inherited factors, medicines, smoking, and workplace dusts such as asbestos or silica. Dr Akhil Bansal works through a stepwise plan: history and examination, high-resolution CT review, pulmonary function testing, selected blood tests, and biopsy referral only when imaging is not enough. Treating every fibrotic pattern as the same disease delays the right therapy. Patients in Jaipur receive a plain-language summary of the likely ILD type, monitoring interval, and whether hospital procedures at Metro Mas Hospital are needed. Early, accurate labelling matters because drugs, rehabilitation, and outlook differ across subtypes.