Pleural Effusion

[livingwith]

About 2 months ago, I had a sharp pain in my left ribs,which would increase when I took a deep breath or yawn. The pain never allowed me to sneeze. I consulted my doctor who examined me and since I had no other symptoms, she diagnosed it to be a muscular pain and treated me with pain-killers. The pain never reduced even the next week and I had fever ranging up to 102-103 deg F continuously in the evenings. Also I was beginning to lose appetite.
On consulting the doctor this time, I was asked to ...Read the full article

[shruthi]

I too had similar symptoms from past one month and of late i have been diagnosied of pleural effusion and currently on medication. Though pleural tapping has not revealed any TB infection, i am being treated for Tb which doctors say is the common cause among Indians. My only worry is if its something worser than TB :(