why can your lung collapses?!
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a friend was lifting up a ladder and fell to the ground. they took him in and told him his lung collapsed and he has a pinched nervre in his back.the hospital put him on anniti inflammory and pain pill sent him home
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Pneumothorax could very likely be the culprit. However I would not classify it as spontaneous, since you said he fell.I would say it was a traumatic pneumothorax. Even though it was probably not a serious accident, damage to the lung was possible. Pneumothorax is when an opening occurs in the lung which permits air to escape and accumulate in the pleural space. If the pneumo is small it is not necessary to treat it. It will heal on it's own and the intrapleural gas will usually be absorbed within 30 days.
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A lung can collapse when it has no air. It doesn't reinflate itself because of the suction cause by the absence of air. That's a collapsed lung.
Spontaneous pneumothorax is a collection of air or gas in the chest that causes the lung to collapse. Spontaneous means there is no traumatic injury to the chest or lung.
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in people without lung disease. It usually occurs in tall, thin men between the ages of 20 and 40. Usually, the rupture of a small air- or fluid-filled sac in the lung (called a bulla) causes a primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax most often occurs with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Other lung diseases commonly associated with spontaneous pneumothorax include:
Tuberculosis
Pneumonia
Asthma
Cystic fibrosis
Lung cancer
Interstitial lung disease
Hard to believe, a collasped lung is very painful, low oxygen to the patient, inability to breathe, they usually inflate the lung if it is collapsed due to pressure, a rib may have punctureD the lung, he may need surgery, you must be in a hospital where they never REFER PATIENTS, THIS HAPPENS, GET ANOTHER OPINION, IMMEDIATELY.
most common is birth defect.
An area of the lung is weak and then finally collapses.
Most common white male, thin, between 18-24.
I had 3 friends have that happen
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