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Pneumothorax (collapsed lung)
- An air bubble in the chest forces the lung to collapse
Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
- A little thing (bleb) in the lung bursts, deflating the lung and letting air into my chest
- Happens for no good reason, common in thin, tall, males, 20-40 (I match all criteria)
On Thursday I went to the ER because of severe chest pain, especially when breathing in
X-rays showed 10% (4cm) of my left lung collapsed
On Friday the X-rays showed that it grew to 5cm
- X-ray tech said I had very long lungs, didn’t fit on one X-ray
To avoid complications over the long weekend they decided to put a tube and a Heimlich valve in to drain the air bubble
I currently have a one foot tube slightly thicker than a pencil coming out of my chest
Attached to the tube is a Heimlich valve (one way)
Supposedly due to negative pressure or some magic the valve will let out all the air, no suction or vacuum is used, and my lung will open back up
Right now theres some soreness in my chest, especially my left shoulder
On Monday more X-rays will be taken and hopefully the tube will be taken out
It’s not uncommon for this to happen again, and apparenlty I have a bunch of these bleb’s that could rupture again
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