A client has an interstitial lung disease (ILD) and has questions related to the disease process. The best explanation by the nurse is that ILD
a. causes alveolar walls to thicken and become nonfunctional.
b. is a highly contagious disease and close contacts need treatment.
c. is caused by a recurrent fungal infection in the lung parenchyma.
d. leads to diffuse intrapulmonary cavity formation.
A
In ILD the interstitium of the alveolar walls thickens and becomes fibrotic because of an accumulation of inflammatory cells. The thickened alveoli become nonfunctional.
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