Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease Need Not Avoid Air Travel, Study Finds
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 02:14
in Health & Medicine
Patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) are often concerned about the occurrence of pneumothorax (collapsed lung) or other life-threatening events during air travel. However, new research shows that, even in ILD with a high prevalence of spontaneous pneumothorax, such as lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), there is a relatively low risk of these events occurring.