Pleurisy Is The Pain Of hitting With a sharp Knife | Causes

pleurisy or pleural inflammation

Chest pain does not mean heart disease. Chest pain can be caused by various reasons. Chest pain can also be caused by pleurisy. Assistant Professor of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of the National Breastfeeding Institute and Hospital, writes. Md. Abu Raihan

Due to pleurisy, inflammation of the pleural cavity inside the chest pain occurs when the patient experiences chest pain during breathing; This is called pleurisy or pleural inflammation.

The main symptom of pleurisy is the pain of hitting with a sharp knife, which can be exacerbated by deep breathing, coughing, sneezing or laughter. The pain can go to the abdomen, back or neck. Sometimes it can be like the pain of being caught in the same place.

▪Causes of pleurisy:

Infection with viruses is the main cause of pleurisy. 
•  The causes that can cause pleurisy are:

•  Bacterial infections (eg pneumonia, tuberculosis),pneumothorax,

•  autoimmune disorders (eg systemic lupus erythematosus, drug-induced lupus, rheumatoid arthritis), blood, lungs, Clotted,

•  gastrointestinal disorders (eg inflammatory bowel disease, PAT) Kriyataitisa peritonaitisa, the diaphragm down the accumulated pus), or 

•  parajibijanita fungal infections, heart surgery, chest trauma, eortika Dissection, drugs or side effects of treatment (eg methotrekseta, penicillin, iuremiya, radiotherapy, sikalasela disease, chemotherapy drugs, HIV, etc.).

Diagnosis of disease:

An accurate history of the disease and a thorough physical examination needed to identify pleurisy.

Treatment of the disease:

 There are many signs of treatment for pleurisy, such as extracting water, air or blood from the pleural cavity, whatever it is; 

For this, thoracentesis is done if the water is small or not dark; And if the water is high or dark or there is mass, air or blood, then a tube thoracostomy is done. Paracetamol, ibuprofen or other NSAIDs or narcotic analgesics may be used to alleviate symptoms, such as pain relief, and codeine-based drugs may be used to reduce cough; Bronchodilators can be used if there is oxygen and bronchospasm when breathing. In addition, root causes can be treated.

Patient to do: 

When a patient experiences mild chest pain with shortness of breath or sudden acute pain such as stabbing in the chest and continuously aggravates or has no symptoms of cough or cough with pain, should not go to the obstetrician without wasting time. .