Current concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a narrative review
Guilherme das Posses Bridi, Isabela Maggioni Holz, Fabio Eiji Arimura, Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Marcio Valente Yamada Sawamura, Ronaldo Adib Kairalla, Bruno Guedes Baldi · 2026
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Guilherme Bridi and six co-authors review current thinking on hypersensitivity pneumonitis in this 2026 paper. The disease is a lung reaction to inhaled antigens from the environment, such as mold or bird proteins. It ranges from sudden illness to slow scarring of the lungs. Doctors split it into nonfibrotic and fibrotic forms by scan and tissue traits. Diagnosis joins exposure history, scan patterns, lung wash results, and tissue checks in a team discussion.
Avoiding the trigger antigen stays the core of treatment. Drugs that calm the immune system, such as steroids, help when inflammation is active. For forms that keep scarring, an antifibrotic drug, nintedanib, is the named option. The review also covers genetic risk, other illnesses that worsen survival, and AI tools that read scan patterns. The authors aim to guide personal treatment choices as the disease moves from inflammation toward scarring.
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| CREATOR | Guilherme das Posses Bridi, Isabela Maggioni Holz, Fabio Eiji Arimura, Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Marcio Valente Yamada Sawamura, Ronaldo Adib Kairalla, Bruno Guedes Baldi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |