possible causes of restrictive lung disease
Some conditions causing restrictive lung disease are: 1  Interstitial lung disease, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 2  Sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease. 3  Obesity, including obesity hypoventilation syndrome. 4  Scoliosis. 5  Neuromuscular disease, such as muscular dystrophy or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).