Hi Anonymous,
Thank you for your question and welcome to Empowher. I hope I can help you although waiting for the test results is the best way to know for sure if you have cancer. A pleural effusion is an excess build up of fluid in your pleura. To understand, we all have fluid there but when there is excess, this causes pain when you try to breathe since your lungs cannot take in all the air such as COPD. COPD and breast cancer are certainly reasons why you may have the pleural effusion. Here is some great information that may help you better understand http://www.medicinenet.com/pleural_effusion/article.htm.
Here is another site that may be helpful also http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/807375-overview. Unfortunately, waiting for the test results is the only way to be certain if you have cancer. I hope this helps a little but please keep us updated on your results.
Missie
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Hi Anonymous,
July 10, 2011 - 9:42amThank you for your question and welcome to Empowher. I hope I can help you although waiting for the test results is the best way to know for sure if you have cancer. A pleural effusion is an excess build up of fluid in your pleura. To understand, we all have fluid there but when there is excess, this causes pain when you try to breathe since your lungs cannot take in all the air such as COPD. COPD and breast cancer are certainly reasons why you may have the pleural effusion. Here is some great information that may help you better understand http://www.medicinenet.com/pleural_effusion/article.htm.
Here is another site that may be helpful also http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/807375-overview. Unfortunately, waiting for the test results is the only way to be certain if you have cancer. I hope this helps a little but please keep us updated on your results.
Missie
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