Discussion on etiopathogenisis and pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is divided into chronic progression stage and acute exacerbation stage according to progression of disease;early,middle and late stage according to onset time and clinic symptoms.It is considered that the etiological factors of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are repeated suffering of exogenous pathogen,environmental pathogen, deficiency of lung and kidney.The basic pathological products are blood stasis and phlegm turbid,the key point of pathopoiesis is that phlegm and stasis hides deeply and stagnated,the pulmonary collaterals are blocked.In addition,the evolutions of pathogenesis during its different stage are discussed.