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Approximately how long will you live with a collapsed lung?
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Collapse lung: A collapsed lung can kill you very quickly if it is from a leak in the lung that doesnt seal and causes a tension pneumothorax. Alternatively a partial collapse of a lung can be tolerated well and may never cause death. In fact this was a form a treatment for tuberculosis in the past.
Answered 12/27/2020
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