Dear Dr., My father is suffering from ILD. He is having recurrent lung infections. He is having prednisolone,Perfinodone,Azithroprine. but he gets recurrent infection. He is now having heavy antibiotics.Please inform me Is there is any targeted Tharapy is here for ILD in Idia (like anti TGF beta) what should be done for Infections, Is pnemovax will be benificial for him? Please inform me. Thanks- Ankit Mathur
I can understand your concern. I am sorry for your father. I will try to give you the last updated for the treatment of ILD from Europian Respiratory Society and American Thoracic Society. There are only two drugs approved recently for the treatment of ILD :
Pirfenidone Nintedanib
They are antifibrotic drugs. The pulmonologist will decide which should the patient use according to the several tests done . In the situations of superinfections corticosteroids should be add in the therapy. If the ILD is as e result of conective tissue diseases the alternative treatment might be the imunosupresor drugs but it ia a decision of the specialist. Corticosteroids, Azathioprine and N acetilcysteine are not recommended any more for the main treatment. I hope to have been helpful for you. I wish a good recovery for your father. Thank you Dr.Jolanda Pulmonologist
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Hello Thank you for asking in HCM. I can understand your concern. I am sorry for your father. I will try to give you the last updated for the treatment of ILD from Europian Respiratory Society and American Thoracic Society. There are only two drugs approved recently for the treatment of ILD : Pirfenidone Nintedanib They are antifibrotic drugs. The pulmonologist will decide which should the patient use according to the several tests done . In the situations of superinfections corticosteroids should be add in the therapy. If the ILD is as e result of conective tissue diseases the alternative treatment might be the imunosupresor drugs but it ia a decision of the specialist. Corticosteroids, Azathioprine and N acetilcysteine are not recommended any more for the main treatment. I hope to have been helpful for you. I wish a good recovery for your father. Thank you Dr.Jolanda Pulmonologist