What is Pleurisy?
'''Pleurisy''' (also known as '''pleuritis''') is an [[inflammation]] of the [[pleura]], the lining surrounding the [[lung]]s.<ref>[http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Health-Conditions/Pleurisy.aspx Cedars-Sinai: Pleurisy.]</ref> There are many possible causes of pleurisy but [[viral infection]]s spreading from the lungs to [[pleural cavity]] are the most common.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/lung_and_airway_disorders/pleural_disorders/viral_pleuritis.html |title=The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Viral Pleuritis. |access-date=2014-12-05 |archive-date=2014-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903053313/http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/lung_and_airway_disorders/pleural_disorders/viral_pleuritis.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Pleurisy can cause sharp [[pain]] when breathing, also called pleuritic [[chest pain]].<ref>Marshall Cavendish Corporation. Encyclopedia of Health. Vol. 1-18. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2010, Vol. 13, P. 831.</ref><ref>Light, Richard W., and Y. C. Gary Lee. Textbook of Pleural Diseases. London: Arnold, 2003.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Infectious diseases]] [[Category:Pulmonology]] {{biology-stub}}