What is interstitial pneumonia?

Bilateral interstitial pneumonia refers to interstitial lung disease. For this interstitial lung disease, may be seen in a variety of reasons, such as infectious factors can cause interstitial lung disease, among which viral infection, and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and other related diseases, is the cause of interstitial lung disease. In addition, attention should be paid to excluding other related diseases, such as dust and pulmonary sarcoidosis, which can also cause interstitial lung lesions. Allergic pneumonia can also cause interstitial lung lesions, and even some diseases related to connective tissue disease or vasculitis should be checked. Carcinomatous lymphangitis caused by tumors can also cause interstitial lung lesions. Even tuberculosis may, in rare cases, show interstitial changes in the lungs, and in some patients interstitial pneumonia has no definite cause, a condition called idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.