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Dr. Muhammad Hassan Al-Tarawneh, a consultant for chest and respiratory diseases, intensive care and sleep diseases, said that the diagnosis of lung fibrosis requires that the doctor be informed of the patient’s medical and family history, and the question about his exposure to dust, gases or chemicals, as well as about the signs and symptoms that appear on the patient, as the doctor conducts. Physical examination. During the examination, the doctor listens carefully to the functioning of the lungs as the patient breathes using a stethoscope.

Al-Tarawneh stressed that once the doctor initially diagnoses the patient with fibrosis of the lungs, he requests one or more examinations, such as: imaging tests, which include x-rays, as this image shows the scar tissue in the lungs, as this examination gives a set of pictures of the patient’s chest, and in some cases In cases, these pictures are normal, which means the need for more tests to explain the cause of shortness of breath, and this examination may be useful for monitoring the disease and controlling treatment.

Al-Tarawneh continued, saying: There is also echocardiography, which is used to assess pressure on the right side of the heart, as well as computerized tomography, which helps to determine the extent of damage and damage to the lungs caused by pulmonary fibrosis, because some types of pulmonary fibrosis have distinct patterns. In this imaging, a computer is used to combine many x-ray images taken from different angles to produce cross-sectional images of the internal organs of the body.

He revealed that there are many types of tests that can be performed in examining lung function, including pulse oximetry, which is a simple test that measures the extent of blood saturation with oxygen, spirometry, and a stress test that helps monitor the functioning of the lungs while the patient is playing on a treadmill or stationary bike. As well as an arterial blood gas test, which measures the levels of both oxygen and carbon dioxide in a sample of blood usually taken from an artery in the patient's wrist.

He pointed out that in the event that it is not possible to diagnose the patient’s condition through the aforementioned examinations, sometimes a biopsy of the patient’s lung tissue is taken.