Illuminating ILD and awareness for wellness
Have you heard of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)? Like most people, you may not have – ILDs are, after all, a group of lung disorders that are significantly rare compared to other pulmonary diseases. But as uncommon as it is, ILDs are usually severely life-threatening. Diagnosis of this group of diseases can take up to months and more, and there is no cure apart from the option of a lung transplant, as ILD treatments can only seek to improve your symptoms. How do we protect our lungs, and what can we do for our friends and family who may be afflicted with ILDs? There was a lot we found out during an insightful interview with Dr. Gilly May Santiago-Europa, a pulmonology expert from St. Luke’s Medical Center. We talked to Dr. Gilly for an episode of Okay, Doc that was dedicated to ILDs, just in time for the observance of Rare Disease Month in February.
