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Pleuritis
A condition where the lining of the lungs and chest cavity are inflamed.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Baby 0-2 | Common | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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A 39-year old asked:
What is pleuritis?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is chronic pleuritis from?
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A 40-year old asked:
What are the tests for pleuritis?
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A 34-year old asked:
How long to recover from pleuritis?
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A 42-year old asked:
Question about pleurisy/pleuritis. Same?
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A 48-year old asked:
How long does it take to recover with pleuritis?
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A 32-year old asked:
What are the major presenting symptoms of pleuritis?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Pleuritis?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Can you have pleuritis with the reason being you have had it previously? Dr has ruled out everything else.
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A 42-year old asked:
What is the treatment for pleuritis?
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A 30-year old asked:
What can I use for pleuritis if I don't have a doctor?
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A 44-year old female asked:
I've been taking Motrin for pleuritis for couple months,helps but once I stop it the pains still there. What can I do or take to get rid of completely?
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A 36-year old asked:
Whats the difference between pleural friction rub, pleuritic pain, pleuritis & pleural chest pain?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Pleuritis. Prednisone 10 mg 4 pills for 3 days 3 for 3 days etc. Pain ok but hard to breathe at night. On day 4 of meds. Back to dr or wait?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Very confused . Today doctors said I have pleuritis instead ? How can they say that based off just symptoms ? Is it fatal ? Gave me no treatment .
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A 38-year old asked:
What to do if I have polyarthritis with mild pleuritis and a mild malar rash. What could this be?
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A 53-year old female asked:
SLE pt. SED rate >140 but CRP normal. Dr says I have pleuritis but SED has never been this high. Trying to understand. ?
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A 25-year old female asked:
So what specifically is happening when a heavy smoker begins to get recurring pleuritis directly caused by the cigarette smoking? No cancer or asthma
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A 53-year old female asked:
Nuclear stress test earlier today. diangosis w pleuritis last week. On pred. Heart racing since test. Not bad but noticeable at around 90 at rest. Related?
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A 27-year old female asked:
How long does pleuritis last. Also my left lung was not opening all the way on the cat scan . Is that from pleuritis ? I was not given anything for it
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A 27-year old female asked:
How long does it take for pleuritis to dissolve ? Had it got two months now. Hurts to breathe in, shortness of breath , horrible condition .
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A 49-year old female asked:
Last week my doctor said I have pleuritis caused by virus. Would this cause platelet count to be higher? It was 501(501,000) and everything else ok.
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A 25-year old female asked:
Im on levaquin (levofloxacin) and prednisone for pleuritis. Day #2 and having stabbing pains higher up in lungs, normal?
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A 52-year old female asked:
56/M(ex-smoker)-Is mediastinal lymphadenopathy common or rare in severe bacterial right lower lobar pneumonia with pleuritis & parapneumonic effusion?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Treponin level <4 . What does that mean ? I have fast heart chest pains can't breathe . Doc said it was costo or maybe pleuritis .last 4 ECG abnormal
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A 56-year old female asked:
SLE patient. Pulm Dr said she could hear a murmur "all the way up" only on left side. Getting echo. What does this mean and what will echo show? Never knew I had this. Have pleuritis now. Chest pain and sob with exertion x 4 yrs. Hx pericarditis.
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A 54-year old female asked:
SLE pt. Pleuritis/pericarditis off/on joint pain.SED rate ">140".CRP norm.Eosin incr. C3 81. Dr just says repeat. Something different or sle?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Night sweats , shortness of breath , chest pain , hot flashes , can this be Tb? Pleuritis ? Costochondritis ? Had a cat scan and X-ray nothing showed
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A 31-year old female asked:
Terrible pressure in epigastric region and into sternum. Awful pain went to er the other day, dr said pleuritis maybe. Is there any other cause for this? It is extremely painful & I have no illness recently that would cause this? Ekg & chest ct good?
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A 41-year old asked:
What causes pleurisy?
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