A Lisburn man who cared for his wife of 48 years until her death months after being diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis has said he wants to raise awareness of the disease.
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A further 17.6 percent of those surveyed, said they are unable to access the online or digital rehabilitation programmes they had been offered instead. Almost 83 percent have had medical appointments cancelled due to Covid, and 49.3 percent say their health had worsened as a result of missing them.
Pulmonary Fibrosis is an incurable and disabling disease where the lungs become scarred and breathing is increasingly difficult. The average survival is between three and five years.
About 70,000 people in the UK are affected by PF – with over 32,500 living with the more common and progressive form, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) – which has no known cause.
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New research from a UK charity has found that lung rehabilitation programmes have been cancelled throughout the Covid-19 pandemic despite an expected rise in respiratory complications as a result of the virus. The survey of UK patients and carers, conducted by the Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust, reports that the cancellation of treatments has affected more than one third (82.9 per cent) of pulmonary fibrosis patients. Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is an incurable disease that causes scarring of the lungs and makes breathing increasingly difficult, affecting around 70,000 people in the UK and with an average survival of three to five years. Emerging data reveals that PF could be a long-term respiratory consequence of Covid-19 due to the similar lung-scarring effect.