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Suggest Treatment For Severe Pain In Shoulder And Pneumonia
Question: Can your shoulder blades hurt if you have pneoumiia
Brief Answer:
Pleurisy can cause back pain.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
Have you been diagnosed with pneumonia? Pleurisy can be a complication of pneumonia (although it is fairly rare nowadays), and in a addition to the chest pain with breathing, it can cause back pain as well. So yes, pneumonia can cause back pain if the pleura are involved.
Pleurisy is inflammation or infection of the lining of the lungs and inner chest wall around the lungs. It can be caused by infection but can be caused by other things as well.
If you care to share information about what is going on with you, I might be able to provide further information that is more specific.
Pleurisy can cause back pain.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
Have you been diagnosed with pneumonia? Pleurisy can be a complication of pneumonia (although it is fairly rare nowadays), and in a addition to the chest pain with breathing, it can cause back pain as well. So yes, pneumonia can cause back pain if the pleura are involved.
Pleurisy is inflammation or infection of the lining of the lungs and inner chest wall around the lungs. It can be caused by infection but can be caused by other things as well.
If you care to share information about what is going on with you, I might be able to provide further information that is more specific.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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