Lung ultrasound (LUS) may be an effective screening tool for interstitial lung disease in patients with asymptomatic rheumatoid arthritis.

A large case-control study found that high levels of fire smoke with particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns doubled the ...

The risk for lung cancer is especially high among those with rheumatoid arthritis who also have interstitial lung disease.

Worries that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors may exacerbate or even cause lung disease in patients with rheumatoid ...

"These findings do not support the systematic avoidance of TNF inhibitors in the management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated ILD [interstitial lung disease]," the researchers wrote.

Study links systemic inflammation, marked by high CRP and ESR, to interstitial lung disease risk in rheumatoid arthritis, ...

is a systemic autoimmune disease, that whilst predominantly causes chronic pain and joint synovitis ... A phase II randomised double blind placebo controlled trial to study the efficacy of pirfenidone ...

Investigators used Veterans Administration data to assess the relationship among rheumatoid arthritis, interstitial lung ... is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in ...

Baylor Medicine’s Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD ... fibrosis (IPF), connective tissue disease-ILD (CTD-ILD), chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and sarcoidosis. Several other rare conditions can ...

Learn about rheumatoid vasculitis, neutrophilic dermatoses, and other rheumatoid arthritis rashes, their symptoms, and when ...