Pleurisy

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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 (also called pleuritic chest pain) and other symptoms. Pleurisy can be generated by a variety of infectious and non-infectious causes. The effects of pleurisy can often be felt long after the condition has gone away

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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.
  • Rapid shallow breaths
  • Inability to take a deep breath
  • Itching in sites on the back (near the site of the lungs, but no visible rashes)
  • Dizziness

Famous Cases

  • Robert Chesebrough, a British-born chemist and inventor of petroleum jelly (trade-named Vaseline), once suffered a bout of pleurisy; being a strong believer in his invention (Vaseline), he had his body completely covered in the substance. He soon recovered.
  • Auschwitz Holocaust survivor Manfred Wolf, after being liberated on May 5, 1945 from Mauthausen, was diagnosed with pleurisy by a doctor in Reggio Emilia, Italy, while enroute to Palestine (now Israel). Eighty-two, he now resides in Los Angeles, having made a full recovery.
  • Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. was diagnosed with pleurisy in April 2007.
  • Katherine Mansfield, modernist writer, developed pleurisy in November 1917. The condition took her to recover in the south of France; however, it may have contributed to future respiratory health problems leading to her death, an effect of a violent hemorrahaging coughing fit, in 1922 at the age of 34.
  • The great tenor, Enrico Caruso, was said to have developed the disease, but it was not diagnosed in time. He died in Naples, Italy in his bed in a great deal of pain.
  • New York City musician Justin Brannan was in a hospital for 2 months with pleurisy in early 2001.
  • English poet and writer Thomas Hardy fell ill with pleurisy in December 1927, and died in 1928.
  • Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams, a British governor, contracted pleurisy on a ship returning to England from Australia, and died in South Africa.
  • Drummer Ringo Starr of The Beatles contracted pleurisy in 1953 at age 13, which caused him to miss a great deal of school.
  • Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova died in 1931 at the age of 50 from pleurisy.
  • Charlemagne died in 814 at the age of 72 from pleurisy.
  • Toronto writer Cheyenne Lee suffered through several bouts throughout the 1990s
  • Richard McVeigh, second cousin of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh, suffered from pleurisy when he was 9. He famously described symptoms as a "red liquid around the heart." Although McVeigh made a total recovery, the illness left him malnourished and underweight for the rest of his life. It also contributed to his pale skin and aged appearance. Distraught over the loss of what he called his "boyish" good looks McVeigh found it difficult to maintain a job and relationships and eventually ending up homeless.
  • Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani suffered through several bouts during his childhood.
  • Muhammad II, shah of Persia died in 1221 of pleurisy after months of being pursued by Mongol warriors.
  • Author Primo Levi developed and later recovered from a dry pleurisy between his lungs shortly after his liberation from Auschwitz in 1945.
  • Political philosopher and activist Karl Marx died of pleurisy in London, England at the age of 65.

References in literature

  • In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, reference is made to Laura Wingfield's bout with pleurosis during high school. At the time, Laura entertained timid but romantic feelings for Jim, who upon asking about her absence, mistakenly hears her say "blue roses" and carelessly adopts the moniker for her.
  • In Hill Hawk Hattie, the mother of Hattie Belle Basket is diagnosed with pleurisy, mentioning pain in her chest and shortness of breath, the mother succu

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