Showing posts with label clubbed fingertips. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Ever heard of IPF, the lung disease that could be behind the clubbing of your fingertips?


    The illustration shows clubbing of the fingertips associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.


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What Is Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis?

Pulmonary fibrosis (PULL-mun-ary fi-BRO-sis) is a disease in which tissue deep in your lungs becomes thick and stiff, or scarred, over time. The formation of scar tissue is called fibrosis.