ILD-Interstitial Lung Disease in children is rare but .it is seen everywhere
For the Diagnosis of chILD-Childhood ILD-one should keep a high index of suspicion
The clinical presentation is similar to other chronic respiratory disease-cough,breathlessness,chest retraction ,and hypoxia
Clinical findings of faltering growth, clubbing, deep inspiratory velcro crackles and squack are pointers towards the diagnosis of ILD
There is a paradigm shift for diagnostic work up and lung biopsy is rarely required now a days
Most of the diagnosis is done by genetic studies
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