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Leaking air inside chest
Pneumomediastinum is air in the mediastinum. The mediastinum is the space in the middle of the chest, between the lungs.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
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A 37-year old asked:
What are the tests for leaking air inside chest?
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A 34-year old asked:
What are the common symptoms of leaking air inside chest?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can you tell me about air leaking from lungs into chest cavity?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Bubbling sensation when i lay down in my back and chest, I have a cough and a little bit of a cold.I hope its not an air leak! please help?
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A 62-year old female asked:
Wedge resection right lung 1/15/15. Still have chest tube in due to small air leak. Painful barking cough just started. What is it?
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A 31-year old female asked:
My boyfriend has a keloid on his chest and sometimes it leaks clear puss like fluid ....what does this mean and is it normal?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can a leaking heart valve be repaired and/or replaced without opening the chest?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Manytimes i wake up with heaviness on chest&decreases when i get up.is it associated with moderate pulm HTN with 3mild valves leaking presented?
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A 35-year old female asked:
My father is in the hospital because he had chest pain. Today, we were told he had leaking Troponin. No mention of an MI. What causes this?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Hi, my 6 month old baby has a leaking nose, heavy chest and a slight cough
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A 37-year old female asked:
I have constipation, a wheezy chest, a small external hemorrhoid and a leaking bladder. Could they be connected?
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A 38-year old asked:
My friend has what looks like a huge boil or sore in the middle if his chest. it is leaking puss and it has gotten bigger and changed from just the color of his skin to red and then purple. we dont know what it is can you help us?!
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A 19-year old male asked:
I had a collapsed lung a week ago. I have a chest tube that is leaking a reddish liquid. What is it and is it normal?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I suffer tiredness&discomfort in chest and heart beats during activities,with echo result of 3valves mild leak,mild pulmonary HTN+ history of HTN,19yo?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Earache in both ears, pressure in my face, nose is leaking a lot and imy back and chest hurts a bit when i breathe?
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A 57-year old female asked:
Ct scan after gastric sleeve leak: Cuts through the lower chest show a mild increase in the left pleural effusion and an unchanged pericardial effusion. is that dangerous & is it treatable& how?
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A 28-year old male asked:
I have shingles (chest) (Area is covered with gauze) The blisters are not leaking. I kissed my baby on his forehead and hands. Did I just give him the virus thru my kisses? He has had contact with rash, but not while blisters were present?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Cholecystectomy several months ago. Now burning chest and stomach. Taking sucralfate but still burns. What other tests to check no bile leaks or stone?
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A 50-year old asked:
Why do boobs leak years after nursing?
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A 32-year old male asked:
My girlfriend is leaking milk from her boobs what could this be from?
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A 43-year old male asked:
My daughter is having pain in her boobs and the are leaking fluid .They hurt when tough or wear a short or bra?
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A 33-year old asked:
What can cause a peeling, leaking nipple?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is the clear fluid leaking from my breast?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Is it normal for my breast to leak after a hysterectomy?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can hormones make your breast leak?
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A 23-year old male asked about a 22-year old female:
Leaking breast milk when not a pregnanat?
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A 44-year old asked:
What are possible causes of a leaking nipple?
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A 25-year old female asked:
What those it mean when a woman's breast leaks?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I have brown leaking on left nipple and blue leaking on right nipple. What could this be? Should i worry?
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A 30-year old asked:
Why do breast hurt and leak?
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