Paikea = important mythic Maori ancestor of the East Coast tribes, especially the Ngati Porou tribe, of New Zealand's North Island. Various legends say he came from Hawaiki to Aotearoa [New Zealand], riding on the back of a taniwha [whale].
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease isolated to the lung. It is a type of interstitial lung disease, which is a group of 200 diseases with similar symptoms but different causes. In IPF, lung tissue becomes scarred.
Most people learn that they have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) only after experiencing symptoms or after the disease has progressed. In some cases, patients discover that they have IPF when tests for other lung problems reveal the pattern of lung scarring associated with IPF. Disease progression varies from person to person. Some people experience a rapid onset of symptoms due to lung damage caused by IPF.