Thank you for your question and I am sorry to hear your having such issues as a young woman. Do you experience sharp pains every time you breathe in?
If you want my opinion, go get a second opinion. There is certainly something going on with you that is causing the severe pain when you are active. Did you have any trauma to the lung area? Did you fall and hurt yourself?
Information from the Mayo Clinic indicates that pleurisy is commonly caused by the following:
An acute viral infection, such as the flu (influenza)
Pneumonia, in those cases in which the infected portion of your lung involves the surface of the pleura
Autoimmune conditions, such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune hepatitis
Tuberculosis and other infections
A clot in an artery of your lungs (pulmonary embolism)
Does any of these things sound familiar? You didn't mention sickness prior to your first episode. On the other hand, a collapsed lung may be caused by pleurisy.
Symptoms of pleurisy (a collection of fluid in the lung) are bluish skin, coughing, shortness of breathe and rapid breathing. All of these things you didn't mention either. Actually, you mentioned that you did not have shortness of breathe.
When all the ducks are not fitting in a row, I would certainly seek a second opinion. Find another Pulmonologist and get retested. Here is a link to information on Pleurisy from Medline Plus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001371.htm.
Will you please keep us updated on what you find out?
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Hi anonymous,
Thank you for your question and I am sorry to hear your having such issues as a young woman. Do you experience sharp pains every time you breathe in?
If you want my opinion, go get a second opinion. There is certainly something going on with you that is causing the severe pain when you are active. Did you have any trauma to the lung area? Did you fall and hurt yourself?
Information from the Mayo Clinic indicates that pleurisy is commonly caused by the following:
An acute viral infection, such as the flu (influenza)
Pneumonia, in those cases in which the infected portion of your lung involves the surface of the pleura
Autoimmune conditions, such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune hepatitis
Tuberculosis and other infections
A clot in an artery of your lungs (pulmonary embolism)
Does any of these things sound familiar? You didn't mention sickness prior to your first episode. On the other hand, a collapsed lung may be caused by pleurisy.
Symptoms of pleurisy (a collection of fluid in the lung) are bluish skin, coughing, shortness of breathe and rapid breathing. All of these things you didn't mention either. Actually, you mentioned that you did not have shortness of breathe.
When all the ducks are not fitting in a row, I would certainly seek a second opinion. Find another Pulmonologist and get retested. Here is a link to information on Pleurisy from Medline Plus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001371.htm.
Will you please keep us updated on what you find out?
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