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How Will IPF Affect my Diet? |
Your doctor will evaluate your diet and make recommendations according to your overall
condition.
For instance, if you are overweight, your diet may be changed dramatically. If,
however, you are in the very early stages of IPF (and otherwise healthy), there
may be little modification to your diet.
One patient, while not overweight, found that the large meals he was accustomed
to eating would put too much pressure on his diaphragm, causing shortness of breath
and overall discomfort. "I had to eat lots of small meals. If I ate too much, I
had trouble breathing. I ate whatever I wanted, just in smaller portions," he says.
Another patient found herself gaining weight as a side effect of prednisone (corticosteroid)
treatment. She modified her diet in order to counteract that effect.
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