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Respiratory Diseases |
Lung Diseases; Pleurisy |
Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs, which can cause painful respiration and other symptoms. Pleurisy can be generated by a variety of infectious and non-infectious causes. Symptoms Fever Cough Chills Shortness of breath Weight loss Poor appetite Sharp chest pain with breathing. Pain can limit the movement on the side of the chest with pleurisy. The pain can also be in the back around where the lungs ...
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Respiratory Diseases Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
- American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/
- National Jewish Medical and Research Center http://www.njc.org/
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- American Association for Respiratory Care http://www.aarc.org/
- American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/
- National Lung Health Education Program
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- Adult (Acute) Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) (American Lung Association)
- African Americans and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
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