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Blood tests can detect infections and autoimmune disorders that cause pleurisy. It is important for pleurisy treatment that the cause of pleurisy be identified, because a major component of pleurisy treatment is treating the condition that causes it. This is why pleurisy diagnosis is usually followed by tests to figure out what condition led to pleurisy.
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