Is pleurisy afraid of hydrops

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Before my right chest when breathing will be painful, pain has not disappeared, and lasted for a long time, went to the hospital for examination, the doctor said pleurisy, and there is water, now in treatment. Today, let me learn from you that pleural effusion is not afraid.

Is pleurisy afraid of hydrops

First, there may be fluid accumulation in the chest (exudative pleurisy) or no fluid accumulation (dry pleurisy). The pleura may adhere to each other and subside. It is caused by many causes, such as infection, malignant tumor, connective tissue disease, pulmonary embolism and so on.

Second: pleurisy generally refers to the pleural inflammation caused by the invasion of virus or bacteria into the pleura. There may or may not be pleural effusion in the pleural cavity, which can be caused by infection, tumor and other reasons. Chest X-ray examination, pleural puncture and further bacterial culture can be carried out. For example, tuberculous pleurisy can be treated with anti tuberculosis chemotherapy.

Third: general treatment and nursing: exudative pleurisy has fever, should lie rest, using the affected side of the lying position, so that the healthy side of the lung give full play to the compensatory role. Strengthen nutrition, increase appetite, give high protein, high calorie, a variety of vitamins easy to digest diet. The patients with high fever should be treated according to the nursing.

matters needing attention

Pleurisy patients in the diet to pay special attention to develop a good eating habits for the treatment of patients with pleurisy is very helpful, but for those mild patients generally do not affect respiratory function, will not cause obvious symptoms.