What is Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)?
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the name for a group of lung conditions that damage the lung tissue. There are more than 200 different ILDs.
Interstitial lung diseases cause scarring in your lungs (pulmonary fibrosis), inflammation in your lungs or a mix of both. Some mostly cause scarring. Some mostly cause inflammation. Often there is a combination of scarring and inflammation.
Information and support is available from:
Ayrshire & Arran Respiratory App
All of this information is also available on our Ayrshire & Arran Respiratory app which you can get by downloading the main NHS Ayrshire & Arran app from your Apple or Android app store and then selecting ‘Respiratory’ from the list.