Pleurisy Support Group

For the last 3 years I have been battling pleurisy. I have had every kind of blood test, x-ray, and scans imaginable and everything has come back negative. My doctor and many other doctors at the Cleveland Clinic tell me it is idiopathic pleurisy- which means there is no underlining cause to treat, so they just treat the pleurisy. The problem is that it is reoccurring; I get it 3 to 4 times a year. It typically appears when the weather changes suddenly, and is much worse in the cold. It is extremely painful always on the left side, sometimes left shoulder and back, unable to lay flat, breathing very difficult. I lay propped up on the couch all day and try not to move around to much, as the pain gets worse to more I move. Heat has helped. At this point I am just aggravated that no one can find a resolution for this.
Posted on 02/22/09, 05:02 pm