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If you have <a href=\"#risk-factors\">risk factors</a> for pleural disorders, your doctor may recommend preventive strategies.</p> \n          </div> \n         </div> \n        </div> \n       </div> \n       <div data-viewtype=\"general-accordion \" role=\"tablist\"> \n        <h3> \n         <div>\n           Prevention strategies \n         </div> <span> - Pleural Disorders - Screening and Prevention</span> </h3> \n        <div> \n         <div> \n          <div> \n           <p>Learn about the preventive strategies your doctor may recommend.</p> \n           <ul> \n            <li><strong>Treat</strong><strong>ing</strong><strong> conditions</strong><strong> </strong>that increase the risk of pleural disorders</li> \n            <li><strong>Quitting smoking</strong><strong>.</strong> Visit <a href=\"https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/smoking-and-your-heart\">Smoking and Your Heart</a> and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute\u2019s <a href=\"https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/all-publications-and-resources/your-guide-healthy-heart\">Your Guide to a Healthy Heart</a>. For free help quitting smoking, you may call the National Cancer Institute\u2019s Smoking Quitline at 1-877-44U-QUIT (1-877-448-7848).</li> \n            <li><strong>Quitting or avoiding illegal drugs, </strong>such as marijuana</li> \n           </ul> \n          </div> \n         </div> \n        </div> \n        <h3> \n         <div>\n           Look for \n         </div> <span> - Pleural Disorders - Screening and Prevention</span> </h3> \n        <div> \n         <div> \n          <div> \n           <ul> \n            <li><a href=\"#diagnosis\">Diagnosis</a> will explain tests and procedures that your doctor may use to diagnose pleural disorders.</li> \n            <li><a href=\"#life-after\">Life After</a>&nbsp;will discuss what your doctor may recommend to prevent your pleural disorder from recurring, getting worse, or causing complications.</li> \n            <li><a href=\"#Research\">Research for Your Health</a> will explain how we are using current research and advancing research to prevent pleural disorders.</li> \n            <li><a href=\"#Participate-in-NHLBI-Clinical-Trials\">Participate in NHLBI Clinical Trials</a> will discuss our open and enrolling clinical studies that are investigating prevention strategies for pleural disorders.</li> \n           </ul> \n          </div> \n         </div> \n        </div> \n       </div> \n      </div> \n     </div> \n    </div> \n   </div> \n  </div> \n </div>\n <script type=\"application/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http://schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Article\",\"headline\":\"Pleural Disorders - Screening and Prevention\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-28-21T19:28:00Z\",\"description\":\"There are no methods to screen for pleural disorders. 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