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.
Causes of Pleural Effusion. There are a few things that can cause pleural fluid to build up in this way, including congestive heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, cirrhosis, lung cancer, tuberculosis, and drug allergies. There are three categories of pleural effusions: trasudate, exudate, and unclassified.