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EagleRiverDee
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Hello everyone-
I had pleurisy for the first time last year, at the tail end of a bout with influenza. My doc told me at the time that once you have it once, you can get it again.
However, this year I got it two months ago without even being sick. My sole symptom is pleurisy pain. And I've had it for two months. I am fortunate in that it's rather mild and I only notice when I take a big, deep breath or stretch my arms out over my head but I'm concerned at this point.
What is causing this? What can I do about it? I eat healthy, I exercise, I'm not sick otherwise, I do yoga, I stretch.
My doctor won't let me have a flu shot until the pleurisy clears my system, and yet that isn't happening and I'd rather not go into flu season unprotected.
Does anyone have any ideas? Should I be concerned, or is this just one of those things that is sometimes chronic? If it matters my other health conditions include Hashimotos thyroiditis (which does affect my immune system) and Genital HSV1.
I had pleurisy for the first time last year, at the tail end of a bout with influenza. My doc told me at the time that once you have it once, you can get it again.
However, this year I got it two months ago without even being sick. My sole symptom is pleurisy pain. And I've had it for two months. I am fortunate in that it's rather mild and I only notice when I take a big, deep breath or stretch my arms out over my head but I'm concerned at this point.
What is causing this? What can I do about it? I eat healthy, I exercise, I'm not sick otherwise, I do yoga, I stretch.
My doctor won't let me have a flu shot until the pleurisy clears my system, and yet that isn't happening and I'd rather not go into flu season unprotected.
Does anyone have any ideas? Should I be concerned, or is this just one of those things that is sometimes chronic? If it matters my other health conditions include Hashimotos thyroiditis (which does affect my immune system) and Genital HSV1.