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Collapsed lung (spontaneous pneumothorax)
A condition in which air or gas surrounds the lungs, leading to a lung collapsing.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Preteen 6-13 | |||||
Teenager 14-18 | |||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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A 35-year old asked:
Why does only one lung collapse in spontaneous pneumothorax?
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A 19-year old male asked:
What causes pneumothorax ( collapsed lung) and what are the symptoms?
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A 20-year old male asked:
In December I had a spontaneous pneumothorax. I know I shouldn't, but if I were to smoke a cigarette or weed, what would happen to my lung? Thank you
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A 35-year old asked:
After suffering a pneumothorax due to knife wound, why don't both lungs collapse?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Can a pneumothorax be caused by a deep tissue massage? I went to the ER the day after my massage, the xray discovered the partial lung collapse.
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A 50-year old female asked:
25 year old son had spontaneous pneumothorax. Surgeon reattached lung to wall now is having same pain he had before surgery when he sneezes?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Oncologists: Does medical research identify a history of spontaneous pneumothorax as a risk factor for developing lung cancer later in one's life?
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A 28-year old male asked:
I'm not sure if the same doctors will see this, but I went to the ER after 24 hours. I had a spontaneous pneumothorax, have tube in chest now. Ty...?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Hello I am having like shortness of breath and chest discomfort .Ive had a spontaneous pneumothorax 3 years ago. Could this be anxiety ?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Does the chest bilaterally expand if you have a spontaneous pneumothorax ? Are there always symptoms associated with it?
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A 60-year old male asked:
What is the sensitivity of chest x-ray in diagnosing spontaneous pneumothorax? Is this a deadly condition usually in a young, otherwise healthy man.
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A 32-year old female asked:
If my parent has had multiple spontaneous pneumothorax, and if i develop sudden chest pain and shortness of breath, how likely is it pneumothorax too?
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A 43-year old asked:
Could you provide some information on dealing with blebs on lungs and pneumothorax?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Findings: What does hazy air space opacites bibasilar lungs with no air bronchogram containing infiltrate effusion or pneumothorax mean?
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A 31-year old male asked:
I had a pneumothorax on my left lung 3 times but have not had surgery and has not happened now for 3 years can I fly to america on a 7 hour flight?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I've got asthma, pneumothorax and lung infcetion. Is it dangerous for me to have heavy excercise?
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A 44-year old asked:
How many blebs or bullae can a person have w/out underlying lung disease. I am 29, female with total 9 or 10 between both lungs, and one pneumothorax?
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A male asked:
I have a small pneumothorax from a cracked rib from hockey on Mar 17.. the lung is almost back to normal... can I fly to Denver on April 4th?
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A 20-year old female asked:
How does it really feel when you get a part of your lung removed from a thoracotomy procedure due to pneumothorax? Do you feel short of breath?
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A male asked:
I had spontainous pneumothorax (left lung) last feburary and recently ive been feeling a "numb/tingling" sensation on my left side, when i cough, ?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I recently had a partial pneumothorax that closed itself back up, if i were to be drinking and get sick meaning throw up, could that be bad for my lung?
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A 66-year old male asked:
12 days unresolved pneumothorax after percutaneous microwave lung nodule ablation?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Does no focal consolidation, no effusion, or obvious pneumothorax in X-ray mean I should not stress myself out about having lung cancer?
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A 43-year old asked:
Cardiomediastinal silhouette. Lungs are clear. No pleural effusion or pneumothorax. Do I have heart murmur?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Intense pain attacks around left lung area, its been 6 years now & they still happen twice a day, I've had 4 pneumothorax & a cardiac ablation in past?
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A male asked:
5 years ago I underwent a VATS pleurodesis on my left lung after a ruptured bullea from COPD caused a pneumothorax, can I take a long haul flight?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Had Lobectomy 2008, Pleurodesis 2014 after 2 pneumothorax I'm having bad pains in my lung area. I have to stutter like breathe to take deep breath.
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A 53-year old female asked:
A nodular opacity was found two months ago, follow up x-ray says lungs are clear of focal consolidation. There is no pneumothorax. No pleural effusion. right suprahilar opacity is noted reproduced on the current radiograph, does this rule out cancer?
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A 55-year old male asked:
Xray report diffuse reticular shadowing throughout both lungs with reduced lung volumes also the right side No large pleural effusion or pneumothorax.
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A 19-year old male asked:
I have minimal pain at my left side of chest from past 6 months. my HRCT revealed "Resolved Pneumothorax with sub-plural blebs in bilateral lung apices" and my PFT is suggestive of mild obstruction. please suggest me treatment , medicines and cure?
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