The survival period of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis is not fixed, depending on the patient’s specific situation and whether the treatment is timely: 1, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis can be detected early and early treatment, generally can live more than 10 years. 2, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis disease is found late may survive 3-5 years, if the patient can cooperate with taking Chinese medicine for conditioning may make the survival time longer, the patient appears respiratory tract infection may accelerate the interstitial fibrosis condition. 3, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis disease is more serious, has reached an advanced stage may survive about 6 months, once diagnosed with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis should be treated early to extend survival time.