Pleurisy
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Pleurisy is an inflammation of lung pleura.
The pleura are a set of membranes that separates your lungs from the inside of your chest. This membrane is filled with a fluid that allows your lungs to freely move within your chest cavity. Inflammation of the pleura can cause sharp chest pains.
Symptoms
- Fever
- Cough
- Chills
- Shortness of breath
- Weight loss
- Poor appetite
- Sharp chest pain with breathing. Pain can limit the movement on the side of the chest with pleurisy.
- Rapid shallow breaths
- Inability to take a deep breath due to chest pain
- Flaccid penis
- Nausea
- Back pain
See also, Pleural cavity.