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Pleural effusion is this contagious?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Basically no: A pleural effusion is fluid between the chest wall and the lung. There are many causes of pleural effusions ranging from cancer to infection to inflammatory conditions and many other reasons. Infections can be contagious, but pleural effusions are not passed on from one person to another.
Answered 7/29/2015
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No: pleural effusions are not contagious
Answered 5/27/2017
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Pleural effusions: themselves are not contagious. However, if they are caused by an infectious process, that could potentially be contagious.
Answered 5/27/2017
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