Pleurisy Topic Guide
Pleurisy: The pleura is a 2-layered sac that holds the lungs and separates them from the chest wall, diaphragm, and heart. Pleurisy is an inflammation of this sac. The pleura that ...
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Chest Pain Chest pain has many causes. Life-threatening causes include heart attack, angina, aortic dissection, perforated viscus, pulmonary embolism, collapsed lung, and cocaine abuse. Non life-threatening causes of chest pain include pericarditis, shingles, pneumonia, costochondritis, and esophageal conditions. Symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention are specific to the cause of the chest pain.
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