Can spondylitis cause pleural effusion

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Spondylitis mainly occurs in young people, manifested as low back pain. Spondylitis is a systemic inflammatory disease, the etiology of which is unknown. Now let's talk about the pleural effusion caused by spondylitis.

Can spondylitis cause pleural effusion

First: in the case of patients with pleural effusion, we should understand that there are many causes of pleural effusion, such as inflammation, tumor, tuberculosis, and fluid leakage caused by decreased albumin. So pneumonia can cause pleural effusion.

Second: pleural effusion does not mean that the disease is very serious. The treatment is mainly aimed at the primary disease. The leakage fluid is often absorbed by itself after the cause is corrected. Tuberculous pleurisy is more common in exudative pleurisy, followed by inflammatory and cancerous pleurisy. Anti tuberculosis and anti-inflammatory treatment should be carried out according to the cause, and pleural puncture is feasible.

Third: pleural effusion can be caused by lung, pleural and extrapulmonary diseases. The common clinical etiology and pathogenesis are: increased hydrostatic pressure in pleural capillaries: such as congestive heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, increased blood volume, thoracic leakage caused by obstruction of superior vena cava or azygos vein.

matters needing attention

There are many reasons for pleural effusion. When patients find that they have pleural effusion, but they are not sure what the cause of the disease is, they can go to the hospital for examination, so as to determine what the cause is, and then treat them symptomatically.