Talk:Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

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Proposed merge.

I propose to merge Alveolitis here because, according to my doctor, this is by far the most common use of the term, and because the page as it exists, although tagged as a disambiguation page, is structured much more like an article, including information about hypersensitivity pneumonitis that is missing from this article. bd2412 T 00:32, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am guessing that this means that Alveolitis will redirect to Pneumonitis, or will be merged into pneumonitis. That sounds reasonable. However if we are thinking of doing it the other way around, as in keeping Alveolitis and merging pneumonitis into alveolitis, I would suggest that we not do that for the following reasons: (1) While technically it is correct that alveolitis and pneumonitis are the same thing, alveolitis is the older terminology and is hardly used these days in the current literature to address inflammation in and around the alveoli. (2) Pneumonitis is a more specific term as opposed to alveolitis, which can refer to certain dental conditions as well. I will spend some time over the next few months adding more substance to the Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis page. ^[1] RishiRajMD 03:57, Saturday, December 28, 2024 (UTC)

References

^ Ohshimo, S (2012 Nov). "Hypersensitivity pneumonitis". Immunology and allergy clinics of North America. 32 (4): 537–56. PMID 23102065. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[Ohshimo_IACN_2012-1] Ohshimo, S (2012 Nov). "Hypersensitivity pneumonitis". Immunology and allergy clinics of North America. 32 (4): 537–56. PMID 23102065. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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