There are several causes of lung pain. Some of the common ones include: Pleurisy is an inflammation or swelling of pleura (thin layers of tissue) that cover the chest wall and the lungs. There is normally a small space between the layer that covers the chest cavity and the lungs.
Who is most at risk of getting hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is common worldwide. In regions where hepatitis B is most common such as countries in Asia and Africa, at least one in five people may be infected with this virus. You have a high risk of contracting hepatitis B if you: have unprotected sex with an infected person;
One out of 20 people in the United States will get infected with HBV some time during their lives. The risk is higher if your parents were born in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Amazon Basin in South America, the Pacific Islands, or the Middle East, because hepatitis B infection is prevalent in these areas.