Tid-Bits About Pulmonary Fibrosis (Part 1)

~For all the other Supermen and Wonder Women that fight for life every day~

●  Approximately 48,000 people are diagnosed each year with Pulmonary Fibrosis

●  Pulmonary Fibrosis is 100% fatal (without a lung transplant)

●  Every 13 minutes someone dies of PF.  That's roughly 111 people each day

  

●  3,323 will die of PF by the end of this September

●  Approximately 40,000 people die each year of PF

●  Pulmonary Fibrosis means literally "of the lung Scarring"

●  It is impossible for lungs to function when they are full of scars.

Written By: ~Anonymous

**  Thank You, Anonymous, for allowing me to publish the information you have compiled regarding Pulmonary Fibrosis.  Some of the information is heart-breaking to read, although for those of us who have experienced a loved one with the disease, or have it first hand, sharing information is our most powerful tool.  ~Breathing