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What is the difference between pneumonia and pleurisy please answer asap?
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Not the same: Pneumonia is inflammation, usually infection related, in the lung itself. Pleurisy, inflammation of the lining of the lung (the pleura) can be associated with pneumonia but can be an isolated process.
Answered 12/24/2017
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