Treatment for pleurisy usually involves relieving the pain and, in some cases, treating the underlying cause. If treated promptly, pleurisy often gets better without causing any lasting lung damage.
Try different positions when resting to see which one is most comfortable for you. It may seem strange, but often lying on the side of your chest that hurts helps reduce the pain. If your pleurisy is caused by a viral infection, it'll usually get better on its own after a few days. If it's caused by a bacterial infection, you'll need antibiotics. Depending on the severity of your symptoms, this may be either tablets or injections.
If your symptoms are particularly severe or you're already in poor health, you may need to be admitted to hospital. Sometimes pleurisy causes a build-up of excess fluid around the lungs called pleural effusion.
The chest wall is firm enough to protect the organs in the chest cavity but flexible enough to move outward and inward with respiration breathing. As is the case with any other structure in your body, the chest wall can develop tumors. Non-cancerous tumors of the chest wall are relatively common.
There are three main types: chondroma osteochondroma fibrous dysplasia Often, these go completely undetected, and unless they cause symptoms such as pain or trouble breathing, they may not require treatment.
Malignant cancerous chest wall tumors on the other hand, are more rare, and do require treatment. Cancerous chest wall tumors are considered either primary arising from the chest wall or secondary spread from a malignancy originating in another organ.
Although the precise cause of chest wall tumors is unknown, it is likely that diet, hereditary factors, and general lifestyle choices can all affect the risk of developing one of these tumors. Symptoms will depend on the type of chest wall tumor.
With every deep breath or cough, pain pierces your chest. Moving around and changing positions only seems to make it worse, too. This is even more likely if the pain is focused on the right side of your chest, away from your heart. Possible causes include:. And while these lung issues are not a heart attack, they are concerning enough to warrant a call to your healthcare provider.
If a sharp pain strikes your chest but improves as you move around a bit… well, you may be looking at a case of heartburn acid reflux or some other gastrointestinal issue. An estimated 15 million Americans a day experience heartburn, which brings an uncomfortable burning feeling in your chest and a sour feeling in your throat. An over-the-counter antacid can help bring some relief.
That pain in your chest could be linked to another kind of attack that has nothing to do with your heart. A panic attack or anxiety can reveal itself with symptoms — chest tightness, sweating, shortness of breath — that mimic those of a heart attack. If you have a bacterial chest infection, you should start to feel better 24 to 48 hours after starting on antibiotics. You may have a cough for days or weeks. For other types of chest infections, the recovery is more gradual.
You may feel weak for some time and need a longer period of bed rest. Be guided by your doctor, but general self-care suggestions include:. Vaccines are available to reduce the risk of some types of chest infection. Some groups like the elderly and people with chronic conditions can be vaccinated against one of the most common types of bacterial pneumonia. A different vaccine is used for children. The elderly and people with chronic conditions are advised to have a flu vaccination every year before winter comes as influenza can be complicated by pneumonia.
See your doctor for more information. This page has been produced in consultation with and approved by:. Children may feel stomach pain for a range of reasons and may need treatment. Around 75 per cent of Melbourne's air pollution is caused by vehicle emissions. Allergy occurs when the body overreacts to a 'trigger' that is harmless to most people. Anthrax is a rare but potentially fatal bacterial disease that occasionally infects humans.
The Western obsession with cleanliness may be partly responsible for the increase in allergic asthma and conditions such as rhinitis.
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