Pleurisy Risk Factors
Health Encyclopedia: Pleurisy
Pleurisy is an inflammation of the lining of the lungs that causespain when you take a breath or cough.
Alternative Names
Pleuritis; Pleuritic chest pain
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Pleurisy may develop when you havelung inflammation due to infections such as pneumonia ortuberculosis. It may also occur withrheumatic diseases, chest trauma, certain cancers, and asbestos-related disease.
When you have pleurisy, the normally smooth l...
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