Condition analysis:
Pleurisy pleurisy is an inflammation of the pleura, the pleura is a double layer of moist mucous membranes, including around the lung, close to the ribs, pleurisy can make breathing extremely painful, if not immediately treated, can cause pleural effusion, pleural infiltration of the two room, known as pleural effusion, strictly speaking, pleurisy and pleural effusion is not a disease, but lung infections or diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, complications of systemic lupus erythematosus and other diseases, such as congestive heart failure, chest trauma. viral infection caused by rheumatoid arthritis can also stimulate inflammation of the pleura, pleurisy and pleural effusion usually as bad as the original disease, to treat the primary disease should be a high note. ◆ symptoms of fever, deep breathing, coughing when the side of the chest pain. ◆ breath severe chest pain can disappear. ◆ pleural effusion. ◆ shortness of breath, dry cough. appears to be to seek medical treatment following ◆ If you have these symptoms, especially those without symptoms of primary disease, pleurisy, and pneumonia and pleural effusion may be the performance of lung cancer and other serious diseases. ◆ these symptoms accompanied by fever, no matter how mild, may have the infection, known as empyema, you need antibiotics. causes the surface layer plays a lubricating pleural and pulmonary protection. usually a small amount of fluid in the pleural cavity, so that the mutual sliding between the pleura on both sides but when the pleural disease due to chest infection, pleural rough with breathing, coughing. causing pain, this treatment is pleurisy. pleurisy in some pleural effusion cases, the excess liquid penetrated the pleural cavity, the increasing role of liquid lubrication. can reduce the pain caused by pleurisy, because the reduced friction between two layers of the pleura, but the additional pressure of liquid to the lungs , weakening their ability to freely caused shortness of breath, pleural effusion in some cases, excess fluid due to infection, can lead to empyema. diagnosis and examination to diagnose pleurisy, your doctor will use a stethoscope to listen to your chest when breathing, If the examination can demonstrate pleural friction - between the two pleural friction between sliding tones - diagnosis to clear. pleural friction in the suction and breathing began to produce a rough friction sound. pleurisy symptoms prompted the region, through the chest percussion, to feel a tremor, but also suggest pleurisy, the doctor can also chest X ray camera or pumping tests to diagnose some of effusion in the chest or back of local anesthesia, with a syringe pumping some liquid, for example, doctors can to clear mucus liquid test whether caused by cancer.
Suggestion:
Conventional treatment is usually for the treatment of pleurisy and pleural effusion caused by the primary disease treatment, in some cases, excessive pleural effusion must be withdrawn. Other treatment would help to alleviate the symptoms. In addition to conventional therapy for antibiotic treatment of primary disease and other appropriate medications, the doctor used a number of anti-inflammatory drugs or painkillers to treat inflammation, such as aspirin, sometimes cough syrup with codeine to control cough, pain, pleural effusion of patients to certain doctors Diuretics can be used to treat excessive fluid, as a preventive measure, use of antibiotics can prevent empyema, pleural effusion, such as excessive, the doctor will drain through the chest intubation, but need to be hospitalized. adjuvant treatment of other alternative Some treatments, including acupuncture, can reduce the discomfort caused by pleural effusion and symptoms. Chinese ephedra is an effective bronchodilator to help calm breathing, but note: Large doses of ephedra and large doses of epinephrine have the same effect, if there is high blood pressure, heart disease, not to use this medicine, the 5 grams of ephedrine, 4 grams of cinnamon, 1.5 grams of licorice, 5 grams of almonds mixed with cold water after a few minutes to cook hot drink
