What does bilateral pleural effusion mean

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Bilateral pleural effusion, this situation has a lot of possibilities, among them, people who often smoke for a long time are most likely to get this disease, and smoking is not harmful to the body at all, so we must not do this. In addition, don't have too much contact with smokers. This can also affect your health. Let me talk about the meaning of bilateral pleural effusion.

What does bilateral pleural effusion mean

First, the common causes of effusion are inflammation, tuberculosis and malignant tumor. The disappearance of effusion after anti-drug treatment indicates that inflammation leads to younger patients, and the possibility of malignant tumor is not big. CT and tubercle bacillus examination are normal, and tuberculosis can be ruled out. As for which kind of inflammation is, further examination should be carried out. Immune system diseases will also have inflammatory lesions, leading to pleural effusion. It is best to check anti nuclear antibody To be excluded, we must properly strengthen nutrition, pay attention to rest, avoid fatigue.

Second, the main pleural effusion, chest pain, cough. Chest pain is more obvious when the amount of pleural effusion is not much in the early stage; the time and degree of chest distress are mainly related to the amount and speed of pleural effusion. Chest distress is due to the compression of lung tissue by pleural effusion, resulting in respiratory dysfunction and cough. There is a certain amount of liquid in the normal pleural cavity, which can play the role of lubrication. Under normal circumstances, it is only 3 to 5ml. Once our body has some lesions, it will affect these fluids, resulting in abnormal secretion of fluid in the chest.

Third, infectious pleural effusion is common, including bacteria (most common tuberculosis), fungi, parasites, mycoplasma and viruses caused by pathogenic bacteria, such as tuberculous exudative pleurisy, tuberculous empyema, nonspecific empyema, pleural actinomycosis, pleural candidiasis, pleural amoebiasis, paragonimiasis pleurisy.

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In fact, bilateral pleural effusion can be prevented and treated. In general, people with this problem need to drink water frequently and warm water. They have a long rest every day. Don't stay up late and so on. When eating, eat more nutritious, good for the body of food, there is no harm to eat more fruit. Take the initiative to participate in activities outside, do some positive exercise.