A member asked:

Is it possible that i tell if that collapsed lung caused me brain damage?

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Dr. Loki Skylizard answered

Specializes in Thoracic Surgery

Probably not: Acute cardiovascular or cardiopulmonary events can be associated with stroke. Emergent treatment can cause a pneumothorax. A direct causal relationship between a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and brain damage would be difficult for an individual patient to know.

Answered 12/10/2013

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Specializes in surgery

Possible: If there was a period of time with low oxygen- hypoxia brain injury is a complication. It would be an infrequent item. If other trauma caused the pneumothorax that could relate.

Answered 9/30/2020

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