Interstitial Lung Disease Question

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Well, the latest item added to my diagnostic list is " Interstitial Lung

Disease " . It is not the same as the inflammation of the Plerual lining

or pericardium of the heart. Those 2 are common in Stills. This is

inflammatory infiltrates in the lung tissue itself. Can only really be

verified by lung biopsy after being noted in CAT Scans. (and inability

to transport oxygen well, of course. Breathing is a highly under rated

experience, believe me,,,,LOL)

There are references to this in RA, Scleroderma, Systemic Lupus,

Sacrcoidosis and several other of the " collagen vascular autoimmune

diseases " . So, I would imagine it could likely be seen in Stills as

well. Just does not appear to be very common among us. Of course, I

would be one of the lucky few.

Please let me know by posting or personal email to uncle_fuzzy@...

if you have been diagnosed with this or of someone, with Stills who has

had it. They added a drug called Imuran to my cocktail. That is to

get me off the 60-80mg of prednisone a day that it took to get the

condition under control with me recently.

Thanks

Tom from PA