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Your pleura is a large, thin sheet of tissue that wraps around the outside of your lungs and lines the inside of your chest cavity. Between the layers of the pleura is a very thin space. Normally it's filled with a small amount of fluid. The fluid helps the two layers of the pleura glide smoothly past each other as your lungs breathe air in and out.

Disorders of the pleura include (Read more)

Illustration of the lung featuring the pleural space
Results 1-10 of 69 for Pleurisy
  1. Pleural Disorders (National Library of Medicine)
    ... in and out. Disorders of the pleura include Pleurisy – inflammation of the pleura that causes sharp pain ... Viral infection is the most common cause of pleurisy. The most common cause of pleural effusion is . ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pleuraldisorders.html - Health Topics
  2. Pleurisy and Other Pleural Disorders From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
    What Are Pleurisy and Other Disorders of the Pleura? Pleurisy (PLUR-is-see) is inflammation (swelling) of the pleura. The pleura ...
    www.nhlbi.nih.gov/.../pleurisy/pleurisy_whatare.html - External Health Links
  3. Pleurisy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
    Pleurisy ARTICLE SECTIONS Definition Symptoms Causes When to seek medical advice Tests and diagnosis Treatments and drugs Definition Pleurisy occurs when the double membrane (pleura) that lines ...
    www.mayoclinic.com/.../DS00244/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print - External Health Links
  4. Pleurisy
    Pleurisy is inflammation of the lining of the lungs that causes pain when you take a breath ... Pleurisy may develop when you have lung inflammation due to infections such as pneumonia or tuberculosis. It ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001371.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Pleurisy and Pleural Effusion (InteliHealth) (Harvard Medical School)
    Pleurisy And Pleural Effusion What Is It? Symptoms Diagnosis Expected Duration Prevention Treatment When To Call a Professional Prognosis Additional Info What Is It? Pleurisy means inflammation of the pleura, the membrane that ...
    www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/23663.html - External Health Links
  6. Pleurisy (American Lung Association)
    ... Whooping Cough) Excerpted from Lung Disease Data: 2008 Pleurisy Fact Sheet Pneumonia Pneumonia Fact Sheet Primary Ciliary ... Data: 2008 Women and Lung Disease Diseases - P Pleurisy Fact Sheet January 2005 The lungs and chest ...
    www.lungusa.org/...29A9-6104-4561-BFC5-528F5419BEC2}¬oc=1 - External Health Links
  7. ClinicalTrials.gov: Pleurisy From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)
    clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition="Pleurisy" - External Health Links
  8. Pleural Disorders (Merck & Co., Inc.)
    ... to Top Section Lung and Airway Disorders Subject Pleural Disorders Topics Introduction · Pleural Effusion · Pneumothorax · Viral Pleuritis Introduction ...
    www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch052/ch052a.html - External Health Links
  9. Chest Pain: First Aid (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
    ... call for emergency medical assistance immediately. Pneumonia with pleurisy Frequent signs and symptoms of pneumonia are chest ... when inhaling or coughing. This condition is called pleurisy. One sign of pleurisy is that the pain ...
    www.mayoclinic.com/.../FA00036/METHOD=print - External Health Links
  10. Systemic lupus erythematosus
    ... Arthritis Swollen glands Muscle aches Nausea and vomiting Pleurisy (causes chest pain) Pleural effusions Seizures Psychosis Additional ... disease that involves a rash, headaches, fever, arthritis, pleurisy, and pericarditis requires little therapy. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000435.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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