Talk:Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Proposed merge.
I propose to merge Alveolitis here because, according to my doctor, this is by far the most common use of the term, and because the page as it exists, although tagged as a disambiguation page, is structured much more like an article, including information about hypersensitivity pneumonitis that is missing from this article. bd2412 T 00:32, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

I am guessing that this means that Alveolitis will redirect to Pneumonitis, or will be merged into pneumonitis. That sounds reasonable. However if we are thinking of doing it the other way around, as in keeping Alveolitis and merging pneumonitis into alveolitis, I would suggest that we not do that for the following reasons: (1) While technically it is correct that alveolitis and pneumonitis are the same thing, alveolitis is the older terminology and is hardly used these days in the current literature to address inflammation in and around the alveoli. (2) Pneumonitis is a more specific term as opposed to alveolitis, which can refer to certain dental conditions as well. I will spend some time over the next few months adding more substance to the Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis page.

--RishiRajMD
 * I do not propose to move this title to Alveolitis, but there appears to be material on the Alveolitis page that pertains to Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, but is missing from this article (specifically, the article cited at Alveolitis). That is what I would merge in. The less common usage of the term with respect to the dental condition can be handles with an "Alveolitis redirects here" hatnote. bd2412  T 03:54, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree that is a reasonable plan. RishiRajMD

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Radiological findings


In this dif User:Tmbirkhead added the following to the caption of the file: "be distinguished on pulmonary function testing--asthma typically shows an obstructive pattern while hypersensitivity pneumonitis will show a pattern of restriction.o" I reverted as this had no source at all, and no source per WP:MEDRS.

Said here that this article should differentiate from Asthma in the acute setting. I'll see if I can find any MEDRS sources that discuss this. Jytdog (talk) 23:03, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

My source was a lecture from a pulmonologist presented at University of Missouri School of Medicine-Columbia, MO Lecture given November 2016 on the topic of restrictive lung disease. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmbirkhead (talk • contribs) 16:46, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

I dont remember with perfect clarity, but I think his point was this: some allergens that exacerbate or cause flairs in asthma may, in other patients, lead to hypersensitivity pneumonitis. And this makes it somewhat clinically essential to differentiate the two processes--for treatment purposes--since HP is restrictive and asthma is obstructive, the PFT can usually distinguish the two and indicate appropriate treatment. Tmbirkhead (talk) 16:52, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That is not a reliable source per WP:MEDRS. As I said I will see if I can find support for this in a MEDRS source. Jytdog (talk) 20:32, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Why haven't they done studies on this surely there's got to be something that helps Lindadanderson (talk) 03:27, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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