A lung transplant is a good treatment option for some people with lung scarring. It’s important to get evaluated for a lung ...

Scars on the lung tissue cause it to thicken ... In more severe cases, a lung transplant may be necessary. Despite a traditionally restricted life expectancy, these advancements in medications ...

The COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the U.S. five years ago this month, leaving not only lingering mental health effects but also long-term physical symptoms. One of those included a condition known as ...

scar tissue replaces healthy lung. Lung transplant centers may hesitate when considering people over age 60 or 65 for lung transplant. The evaluation process for a lung transplant is usually long ...

Jeannine Sperlein lifts the shirt of her husband, David, to show his lung transplant scar earlier this month. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun) Weeks later, Sperlein underwent a double bypass ...

Your doctor may suggest: If your IPF scarring is severe, your doctor may suggest a lung transplant. Most people only think about doing this if other treatments aren't working. Most people who get ...

Mark Sheppard's daughter got married a year and a half ago — and he got to walk her down the aisle. "Something I never thought I would do," Mark said. The attorney had a bilateral lung transplant ...

The funding will support the Clinic's efforts to study the causes and treatment of chronic lung allograft dysfunction in ...

Tim was diagnosed with interstitial lung disease that led to scarring in the lungs and he needed a lung transplant. After extensive evaluations and a long waiting period, University of Utah Health was ...

Immediately after your lung transplant surgery, you will be admitted to the intensive care unit. You will be sedated and have a breathing tube connected to a mechanical device ventilator in place.