Symptoms and signs of pleural effusion

summary

Pleural effusion, as the name suggests, refers to the accumulation of fluid inside the chest too much. The human chest contains an appropriate amount of liquid, about 3-15ml. In the internal operation of the human body, the pleural cavity continuously forms and absorbs liquid, and 500-1000ml liquid forms and absorbs every 24 hours, which plays a lubricating role in the operation of respiration. However, if the balance between absorption and formation is broken, slow absorption or massive formation occurs, it will lead to the occurrence of pleural effusion, also known as pleural effusion. Let's talk about the symptoms and signs of pleural effusion

Symptoms and signs of pleural effusion

Cough. Patients with cough will be accompanied by chest pain, serious patients will feel chest pain when breathing deeply.

dyspnea. A small amount of pleural effusion does not appear breathing disorders, may feel chest tightness. However, when the effusion reaches a certain amount, obvious dyspnea may appear, and the above chest pain may be relieved.

General symptoms. Different types of pleural effusion have different systemic symptoms. Like malignant pleural effusion, patients may have weight loss, emaciation, anemia and other systemic symptoms. Empyema can appear shivering, high fever, sweating, collapse and other systemic poisoning symptoms. If it is pleural effusion caused by tuberculous pleurisy, the main symptoms of tuberculosis poisoning are fever, chills, sweating, fatigue, loss of appetite, night sweats.

matters needing attention

Pleural effusion daily need to pay attention to diet, prohibition of alcohol, more intake of vitamins. The diet should be low in salt, avoid spicy, light in oil, easy to digest, mainly carbohydrate and protein food, and the food intake should not be too much. It is good to reduce the metabolic burden of pleural effusion.