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How long can you have pleurisy if left untreated?

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Dr. Peter Ihle answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

It depends on cause: If due to a viral infection, there is no treatmen other than pain relief. If it is bacterial it needs to be treated. The muppet guy died from a treatable pplo pneumonia, so get in to be evaluaten.

Answered 12/9/2012

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Could pain of intercostals (back rib cage left side) be caused by or indicate an issue/condition of lungs? Like pleurisy, infection or otherwise?

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I'm a 35 yr old female and everytime I start to drink coffee I end up having pain in my chest on the left side. I was told back in 1997 that I had developed pleurisy in my chest from drinking energy drinks but I read that caffeine doesn't cause pleurisy.

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I have a sharp pain ay my left side upper chest that hurts at my left lower shoulder blade as well. I know it's at my lung. Is it pleurisy?

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