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I coughed really really hard to clear some mucous right after i had terrible pain felt like my lung was squeezed closed on the left side. worry?
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Doctor to evaluate: May be a collapsed lung (pneumothorax), due to an air leak from the inside of the lung through the covering of the lung, out into the space between the lung and the ribs. The site of the leak has some damage, which will heal itself later. But the leaked air can fill the rib cage (chest cavity), pushing on the heart and collapsed lung... Emergency Room doctor can see if urgent treatment is needed.
Answered 7/6/2016
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