Is pleurisy ascites easy to treat?

Written by Liu Jing Jing

Pulmonology

Updated on September 22, 2024

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Whether pleurisy with effusion is easy to treat depends on identifying the cause of the pleurisy, which commonly includes tuberculosis, infection, and tumors.

Tuberculous pleurisy can usually be cured about six months to a year after standard anti-tuberculosis treatment; infectious pleurisy generally has a good prognosis if it is sensitive to anti-infective drugs; however, pleurisy caused by tumors often indicates metastasis to the pleura, and at this stage, surgical options are no longer viable, leading to a poor prognosis.

Therefore, if pleurisy is present, it is necessary to go to the hospital to complete thoracic puncture and clarify the nature of the pleural effusion, and treat according to the cause.

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Is pleurisy serious in young people?

Pleurisy, when it occurs in young people, is also relatively common in clinical settings. It is primarily caused by an invasion of the pleura by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, resulting in an inflammatory lesion. The symptoms manifested by these patients mainly include coughing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, chest pain, and in severe cases, respiratory difficulties. Tuberculous pleurisy is mostly seen in adolescents and children. If young people are diagnosed with pleurisy and receive timely and accurate diagnosis, along with systematic and effective treatment with anti-tuberculosis drugs, their condition can generally be effectively controlled. However, it is important to note that although young people have better resistance, they must strictly adhere to the treatment duration for anti-tuberculosis medication, which usually spans six to nine months to completely cure pleurisy.

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Is it normal to occasionally feel chest tightness with pleuritis?

Patients with pleurisy occasionally experience chest tightness, which is a very common clinical symptom. It is important to clarify that in clinical cases, pleurisy is mostly due to infection of the pleural cavity by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causing clinical symptoms such as fever, chest tightness, shortness of breath, cough, and chest pain. Therefore, during an acute episode of pleurisy, some patients may have a severe pleural infection, and possibly a large amount of pleural effusion, which inevitably leads to symptoms like shortness of breath and chest tightness. For patients with pleurisy, if it is tuberculous, it is crucial to provide anti-tuberculosis medication as early as possible for symptomatic treatment. A lengthy course of treatment is usually required to effectively control the discomfort caused by pleurisy.

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Is it normal to occasionally have chest pain with pleurisy?

Pleurisy is a very common type of disease, with many triggering factors. Most cases of pleurisy are caused by infection of the pleural cavity by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, leading to inflammatory lesions. Once pleurisy is diagnosed, patients should promptly receive anti-tuberculosis medication for effective treatment. It is commonly known that if pleurisy is not controlled promptly and effectively, it may lead to worsening symptoms such as cough, fever, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and chest pain, so these clinical symptoms are also very common in patients with pleurisy. Therefore, it is very common for patients with pleurisy to experience chest pain. Even after complete recovery from pleurisy, there may be varying degrees of chest pain, which is considered normal. This is because pleurisy in the acute phase may involve different degrees of adhesions, hence chest pain may occur later on as well.

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Can pleurisy be seen on a chest X-ray?

Pleurisy can also be detected in chest radiographs, but it depends on the type. There are two types of pleurisy: dry and wet. Dry pleurisy cannot be clearly identified, while wet pleurisy, which is mostly caused by tuberculosis, can show more typical characteristics. Tuberculous pleurisy primarily manifests as pleural effusion. A small amount of pleural effusion on an X-ray appears as blunting of the costophrenic angle on the same side and blurring of the diaphragm. A moderate amount of pleural effusion is shown on the chest radiograph as a uniformly consistent high-density shadow on the same side, which appears higher on the outside and lower on the inside, with an arc-shaped shadow. The muscle costophrenic angle and diaphragm are obscured. A large amount of pleural effusion presents as a high-density shadow in the pleural cavity on the same side, with the mediastinal cardiac silhouette clearly shifting to the interlateral side.

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What causes pleurisy in young people?

In clinical practice, populations with pleurisy are often common among young people and children. The factors inducing pleurisy in young people are mainly due to low immune function and the presence of pathogenic factors that stimulate an inflammatory response in the pleura. Such patients often experience infections, with tuberculosis infections being more common. This often leads to clinical symptoms such as chest pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, and even difficulty breathing. Therefore, for individuals with low immune function, it is particularly important to pay attention to strengthening nutrition and to balance work and rest. When the body's functions are weakened, it is necessary to properly enhance nutrition and exercise to improve the body's immunity and reduce the likelihood of developing pleurisy.