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Pain on right side of back in the mid area, specifically when coughing , after recovering from pneumonia a month prior to pain getting worse?

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

Pleurisy: Probable residual of the pneumonia. After having pneumonia and waiting for a few weeks should always have a follow- up chest x-ray to make sure there is full resolution of the shadows on the x- ray and to make sure there are no obstructing tumor masses. Also to look for an effusion of fluid into the chest cavity, which could cause your symptoms.

Answered 4/2/2013

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