Pulmonary Fibrosis News Columnist and Forum Moderator Charlene Marshall reads a column she wrote trying to better understand the relationship between asthma and IPF. Prior to being told she also had asthma, Charlene thought it was uncommon for the two to be diagnosed together.

Surprisingly, even if an IPF patient doesn’t have asthma, many use inhaled therapies such as Ventolin, to alleviate their lung disease symptoms.

As a patient living with IPF/PF: have you ever discussed asthma or asthmatic symptoms with your doctor? If so, what was done to alleviate them?

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