What symptom does pleurisy have?

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In daily life, the phenomenon of crying pain over the chest often appears, which is called pleurisy in medicine. What kind of symptoms does this disease have, or is it just described by the word "pain", sometimes there is a serious phenomenon of cough, which also belongs to the symptoms of pleurisy? The following is the main understanding.

What symptom does pleurisy have?

The most common symptom of pleurisy is chest pain. Chest pain often occurs suddenly with great difference in degree. It can be indefinite discomfort or severe stabbing pain. It can only occur when the patient is breathing deeply or coughing. It can also exist continuously and be aggravated by deep breathing or coughing. Chest pain is caused by inflammation of parietal pleura, which usually occurs in the chest wall directly opposite the inflammatory site. It can also show referred pain in abdomen, neck or shoulder. Because deep breathing can cause pain, it often causes shallow and fast breathing, and the muscle movement of the affected side is weaker than that of the opposite side. If a large amount of accumulation occurs, the two layers of pleura can be separated from each other, then the chest pain can disappear. A large amount of pleural effusion can cause unilateral or bilateral lung dilation limitation and dyspnea.

Sudden chest pain is the main symptom of pleurisy. The typical chest pain is stabbing pain, which is aggravated when breathing and coughing, and the degree may be different. It may be only a faint discomfort, or only when the patient is breathing deeply or coughing. The visceral pleura is painless; The pain is caused by parietal pleural pain. Pleurisy was in forced lateral position.

The symptom of exudative pleurisy is more obvious than that of dry pleurisy. First, the patient has fatigue, chills, Hypohidrosis, general discomfort, gradually fever, chest pain, cough, deep exhalation or aggravation of activity. With the gradual increase of exudation and lung compression, chest tightness and shortness of breath are more significant. A large amount of exudation hinders the friction between the parietal and visceral pleura, and the pain is alleviated instead, from sharp pain to pure pain, flatulence or gradually disappear. A large amount of pleural fluid can push the trachea and other organs to the contralateral side, make the costal space full, shift or disappear the apex beat, and decrease the diaphragm. When percussion, the upper part of the effusion is voiced, and the lower part is solid. During auscultation, the respiratory sounds may be weakened or disappeared, the speech tremor may be weakened, the lung above the effusion may be compressed, the air volume may be reduced, and the bronchial breathing may be heard. X-ray can find the location of effusion.

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