Improved Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis Progression after Influenza A (H1N1) Infection by Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Case Report | Zendy

Yao-Zhang Huang | Zendy; Mao-Wei Hsieh | Zendy; ChienHui Hung | Zendy; Chung-Hua Hsu | Zendy

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Improved Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis Progression after Influenza A (H1N1) Infection by Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Yao-Zhang Huang,

Mao-Wei Hsieh,

ChienHui Hung,

Chung-Hua Hsu

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

isrn pulmonology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-5777

pISSN - 2090-5769

DOI - 10.5402/2011/676038

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary fibrosis , inflammation , traditional chinese medicine , fibrosis , pulmonary function testing , virus , influenza a virus , immune system , chest radiograph , antiviral drug , immunology , lung , pathology , alternative medicine

Influenza A (H1N1) virus was the most common cause of human influenza (flu) in 2009. We report a patient infected with influenza A virus who showed improvement in his pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis progression after switching to Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) therapy. Although antiviral drug and corticosteroids were administered, some disturbing respiratory illness and immune imbalance attributed to corticosteroids taken prompted him to seek for CHM therapy. After CHM treatment for three months, significant recovery in chest radiograph was noted, and the result of subsequent pulmonary function test showed improvement.

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