A woman may stop getting her period for a variety of reasons: 1  She's having a health problem. 2  She's pregnant. 3  She's reached menopause â a time in life when older women (45 to 55 years old) stop getting periods and can no longer have babies.
Pancreatitis does not cause pleural effusion. It can cause certain chemical changes in the blood that results in shallow breathing and resulting anoxia. Perhaps it is this that led you to think that this was effusion. Views.
Other causes of pleural effusions include: 1  congestive heart failure. 2  cirrhosis, or poor liver function. 3  pulmonary embolism, which is caused by a blood clot and is a blockage in the lung arteries.  open heart surgery 1  complications. pneumonia.  severe kidney disease.