Edema. Edema, or retention of fluid, can cause swelling and puffiness in your legs. Exercise is often recommended as a treatment to relieve edema. However, exercise that involves standing for a long time can cause fluid to pool in your legs, causing swelling. Swelling may also occur after slow walking or other exercise without significant leg motion, such as playing catch.
Pleurisy is an inflammation of the lining of the lungs and chest (the pleura) that leads to chest pain when you take a breath or cough. Pleurisy may develop when you have lung inflammation due to infection, such as a viral infection, pneumonia, or tuberculosis. It may also occur with: Asbestos-related disease.
SALT LAKE CITY â Pleurisy is inflammation of the membrane between your lungs and ribs, or pleura. The condition, which makes breathing both difficult and painful, often mimics the symptoms of a heart attack. In a healthy body, the double-layered pleura lines the outside of the lungs and inside of the rib cage with a lubricating fluid in between its layers.