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.
Pleural fluids have traditionally been divided into two types: transudative and exudative. The most common causes of transudative pleural effusion are congestive heart failure and cirrhosis. Common causes of exudative pleural effusion include malignancy, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism and viral infection. One study found that 42% of all exudative effusions were due to malignancy, and another found that malignancy was the underlying cause of 24% of all effusions.