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Can Pleural effusion disqualify you from air force?

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Thanks for the oppt'y to answer your question, Chauntae! I decided to go ahead and send a cut n' paste of the Defense Department's medical manual excerpt on Pleural Effusion. After reading this note, too, Dr. read more

Pleural effusion is almost always caused by some other issue - it's not really its own separate disease but rather a symptom of some other disease process. There are many causes of pleural effusion, and a lot of them would disqualify you from military service. Lung cancer is one common cause of pleural effusion. Congestive heart failure is another. read more

a. Yes, cytologic analysis of the effusion and of tumor markers can detect malignancy in pleural effusions. read more

k. Empyema, including residual pleural effusion or unhealed sinuses of chest wall. l. Extensive pulmonary fibrosis. m. Foreign body in lung, trachea, or bronchus. n. Lobectomy, with residual pulmonary disease or removal of more than one lobe. o. Pleurisy with effusion, within the previous 2 years if known or unknown origin. p. read more

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