pleural effusion . BUT I HAVE NO FEVER . What's going on with (apparently parapneumonic) pleural effusion ...10 days ago I was diagnosed with pneumonia and completed a course of... View answer

[My son 33 and quite lean had a incident in October where he could not lay down without intense pain in the chest/heart lung area. I’m not sure if he was having difficulty breathing . Two months later he had a chest X-ray... View answer

My chest Xray shows sizeable pleural effusion , or pneumothorax . I had pneumonia in January, have shortness of breath , suffer from asthma since a child. I am 78 ... View answer

If a hospitalised patient has an ongoing pleural effusion , e.g. for several weeks, would giving the person a pleural tap significant decrease the risk of getting pneumonia or not really make any ... View answer

[Dear Doctor, I went for a xray for media check up for my visa. It shows something like a white line in my right top. I had phenomia and pleurral effusion last year and had treatmemt for it with 6 months medication. I am... View answer

and still have pneumonia. The pneumonia is a result of a fall about 9 weeks ago when I broke three ribs; 2 of the 3 had additional fractures. Ribs and muscles have healed well but pneumonia appeared ... View answer

My father admitted nursing home last week due to numonia...he got breathing trouble, after city scan doctor report is telling Mild pleural Effusion .....what is that ? ... View answer

i am 29yrs female and i developed chest pain and pain on inhalation.Chest xray showed pleural effusion in left lung which doctor said was small in nature at the lower lobe .I had an esr of 85.He said ... View answer

I had aortic valve replacement 6 weeks ago. Got bacterial pneumonia and took meds for 1 week. Because I haven t been moving around too much I still have fluid in left lung. I don t want to do the ... View answer

hello. i would like to get some idea about my pleural effusion . i am of age 18. i ve had pneumonia .... and my x-ray report shows mild pleural effusion. ... View answer