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After a collasped lung can i take a long road trip my collasped lung was a week ago actually got out of the hospital a week ago today

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Dr. Peter Hahn answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

It : It really depends on a number of factors such as cause (e.G, spontaneous, procedure related), how it was treated (e.g., observation, chest tube, pleurodesis), size, and follow-up. I would assume your doctor will repeat imaging (e.g., cxr or ct) to check to make sure the lung has completely re-expanded or that pneumothorax has not re-developed. I would wait for this before making any long trips. If it has re-expanded than the road trip should be fine. But again it really depends on the factors cited above.

Answered 10/4/2016

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