Pulmonary Fibrosis - A Basic Explanation

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:04][music] The lung has become injured for some reason and that in an attempt to suppress the injury, the lung develops an ongoing healing process.

[00:00:28]We all know that the immune system really helps us fight off infection, but there's a whole other role for the immune system in [music] regulating how tissue responds to injury and whether that tissue [music] is able to repair or whether scar formation occurs. And that's when we [music] get fibrosis.