10 Pleurisy Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #9: Muscle Or Joint Pain
Because many cases of pleurisy are caused by an infection, if the resultant inflammation is not addressed early enough, it can go on for a long time and present with similar signs as flu. This means that in addition to chest, shoulder and back pain, other symptoms that are more common when you have flu such as muscle and joint pains may also occur. You may also experience muscle weakness.
This also means that some cases of pleurisy may be mistaken for flu. Therefore, if you have been treated for flu or a similar illness and the symptoms do not go away, you probably have pleurisy and need appropriate treatment.
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