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Learning about Pulmonary Fibrosis |

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains pulmonary fibrosis is a spectrum of diseases and it means your lungs have advanced aging significantly.

“They are older than what they should be and with more wrinkles. They get less elasticity, less ability to get the air in and out.”

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