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Most patients experience total recovery of lung function, if exposure to the agent that caused the problem is avoided or limited the exposure, but this takes several years. | Most patients experience total recovery of lung function, if exposure to the agent that caused the problem is avoided or limited the exposure, but this takes several years. | ||
==Natural History | ==Natural History== | ||
==Complications== | ==Complications== | ||
The chronic form of this disease may lead to pulmonary fibrosis (a scarring of the lung tissue that often is not reversible). | The chronic form of this disease may lead to pulmonary fibrosis (a scarring of the lung tissue that often is not reversible). | ||
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* In general, the majority of patients recover completely after the inciting exposure ceases. | |||
* The prognosis of Bird Fancier's Disease is worse than Farmer's Lung. | |||
* Other varieties of HP have more variable outcomes. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Most patients experience total recovery of lung function, if exposure to the agent that caused the problem is avoided or limited the exposure, but this takes several years.
Natural History
Complications
The chronic form of this disease may lead to pulmonary fibrosis (a scarring of the lung tissue that often is not reversible).
==Prognosis
- In general, the majority of patients recover completely after the inciting exposure ceases.
- The prognosis of Bird Fancier's Disease is worse than Farmer's Lung.
- Other varieties of HP have more variable outcomes.