Pneumothorax - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology
What is pneumothorax? It is when there is air in the chest - more specifically air in the space between the lungs and chest wall - called the pleural space.
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Many thanks for this. It's important to bear in mind the complications of chest drain insertion- those being pain, incorrect placement or recurrence of the pneumothorax.
Sadly Right now while im writing this comment, I'm in hospital with pneumothorax and it's really painful.. Of course I had big one.. Hopefully ill be okayy
@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
Keeping you in our thoughts 🙏🏼
@nathiorellana
2 жыл бұрын
Hey hope you get better I think I'm having symptoms
@Firasgames619
2 жыл бұрын
I had been throu it when i was 15 i had the draining pperation it was easy and fine and nothing harmful i can feel you it may be painful and annoying at first but you will get better really i also after 8 years i have the symptoms it sucks but just takin antis will help mAy God bless you
@mylifeisupsetting
2 жыл бұрын
@@Firasgames619 hi..how many times u got this pneumothorax ?and how do u recover from it?
@Firasgames619
2 жыл бұрын
@@mylifeisupsetting it was once when i was 15 i had it, they took me to hospital and they did a surgery it's like opening a whole in your chest and put a tube to drain the air form there like it took a week living with it it was kinda painful absolutly 2 days but then it got used to it after a week i got recovered qnd thry gave me rest for 2 weeks in home and rest from all sports etc after one year i started to feel the same pain but it was just the beginning of it so i went to doctor immediately and i got recovered buy takin some medicines and after 7 years i am havin now same problem i don't know how it happened again but i went to doctor and he told me i am okay and he gave me medecines to heal my pain this is all my story about it
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@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
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Amazingly simple thank you for such qualitative videos
@osmosis
7 ай бұрын
Always our pleasure! ❤️
Best video ever explaining it all in six minutes.
@osmosis
Жыл бұрын
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Thanks for your classes.
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2 жыл бұрын
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This happened to me a few weeks ago. Spontaneous pneumothorax. Woke up fine then 10 minutes later i was laid on the sofa struggling to breath with intense check pain. Ended up in hospital for 3 days with a chest drain in. And to top it off i was in the house by myself so had to phone the ambulance for myself while trying to breath.
@richardyoung8213
Жыл бұрын
Me too mate just like you sept I was coughing from chest infection. Feeling better now but worried it could happen again. Be well
@DreamsCatcher101
Жыл бұрын
@@jovitaach17 i got told i had a 20% chance of it happening again and then i might have to have an operation to close the inner hole. but is wasn't to cut a chunk off. Just cover the injured bit with something to stop it happening again.
@gavinmartinez4744
Жыл бұрын
This happened to me about 15 days ago, I’m still currently in the hospital and they just removed my chest drain my hole in my lung took so long to heal and all the air was trapped in my body for days. Long process and 3days you got it lucky. The problem now is it can happens to us anytime again.
@charloserbaba2508
Жыл бұрын
i have it right now. im gg to an a&e rn
@benniedeventer
10 ай бұрын
Happend to me yesterday
Thank you, this was really informative!
@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
Most welcome, Stijn! 🙏🏼 ❤️ 😊
Thanks for making this simple. Gives me an understanding of the basics so I can build a foundation to understanding the physiology of chest tubes.
@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
We're glad this video helped, Nelly! 😊
Thank you ❤️
Thank you❤
Good British English accent. Clear explanation.
Thank u osmosis
This was really informative ❤
@osmosis
Жыл бұрын
Glad to help! 😊
One of the best explanation
@osmosis
Жыл бұрын
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Outstanding explanation best wishes from Uruguay
@ashleelarsen5002
2 жыл бұрын
California!
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Жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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Great video! Thank you!
@osmosis
10 ай бұрын
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@miranmuslem
10 ай бұрын
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@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
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@osmosis
Жыл бұрын
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Marvelous!
The narrator is so British 😂
exactly the case i had earlier together with NRM, bipap management
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THANKS A LOT
@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
Always welcome, Ilayda! 😊
I had a spontaneous primary pneumothorax and I laughed when the doctor told me it typically happens to tall white males that do something that involves holding their breather… I’m a 23yr 6’ white male saxophonist 😅🙃
Thank you
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Жыл бұрын
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Жыл бұрын
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Жыл бұрын
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The first time i had one (a spontaneus p.t) was painful, it felt like being stabed in the chest and lost breath, all of sudden. Didn't thought it was serious so i spent like 4 months like that, with shortness of breath, cough and some pain in chest and my right arm (thus i imagined it was some kind of muscular injury) until i got a x-ray and doctors found it. Last year got another one, same lung, now i just woke up with shortness of breath and chest/arm pain. This time went straight to the hospital. Got a chest tube inserted for a week 'till it dissapeared. Doctors haven't figured out why it happened.
@andrewmcamis9545
2 жыл бұрын
Are you a smoker?
@moistkitty8081
Жыл бұрын
i have had two episodes of spontaneous pneumothorax 1rst one on the left lung in 2012 got that treated with chest tube insertion 2nd one on right lung in 2015 this time had to undergo surgery (Bullectomy) and now again iam having chest pain its so frustrating
@raaa-mi
Жыл бұрын
@@moistkitty8081 it’s pretty annoying the doctors said that “after surgery it won’t happen again”. I had 3 pneumothorax after my first one. It gets better with age, but the pains are annoying. I am greatful for the little improvements from my lungs now that nothing has happened often, just tiny pains.
@thomasd96
Жыл бұрын
Do you have a family history of spontaneous pneumothorax? My family has a genetic condition (albeit an extremely rare one) called Birt Hogg Dubé syndrome. One of the main symptoms is lung cysts which can burst and cause lung collapses.
Good job 👍
@osmosis
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers! ❤️
There's a hypothesis that the blebs form from mechanical friction with the most prominent rib. The reason thin men are more prone then is because the space between the ribs is less padded, so the ribs stand out more prominently. Also, in tall people the ribs are farther apart
Very informative video, but the male teacher who always teaches us is love❤️. The lady's accent is little bit difficult to understand. Hope u don't mind you guys are great. Keep it up💕
@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Hamza!
Plz reduce voice frequency for hearing
So helpful ❤ your accent remind me of Enola holmes
@osmosis
Жыл бұрын
Glad to help, Ola! 🙌🏼
I was sat at my desk two days ago eating some crackers when I got hit with spontaneous pneumothorax. Thought it was a heart issue but glad it wasn't. Going in for a second check-up tomorrow to see if I need treatment or not :(
@mario-ly9mk
18 күн бұрын
How are you feeling now?
@FocusFPS
18 күн бұрын
@@mario-ly9mk totally forgot I commented here, but at the time the doctor had me hospitalized for 2 weeks while they helped my collapsed lung re expand with a tube inserted into my chest. It hurt a little to cough and breathe at times A year later I’m all good now :) nothing has happened since, I’ve been able to go running and lift weights without any issues. It can be a bit scary if it happens to you but after the chest tube insertion it’s mainly just laying down in a bed watching KZread till your lungs get it together; the doctors were all very kind
Why do I have unbearable pain on the opposite side of my collapsed lung? It's been collapsed for a month but went unknown until today when the ER doc was reviewing my recent xrays.
very informative video but would like to suggest using simple english so it would be for every medico world wide.thanks
@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, Pane! 🙏🏼
Im trying so hard to understand pneumothorax after having it 2 times, i underwent surgery a few weeks ago and was released from hospital last week. I had 2 tubes connected for 17 days, and when they took them out after a few days of no leakage, it was only partially successful because the tubes had been there for so long that on a painscale of 1-10, it was way above 10, and not a 4 as the doctor said. I didnt get any painkillers or anything else, i just had to endure. And so air got trapped back in because the pain after the first tube being taken out was unreal, and i was sent home the day after with 6.5cm of air outside my lung, but after xray 3 days ago it was down to 4cm. Now im hoping the next xray in almost 2 weeks will be gone. But they didnt say carbondioxide, they just said air. Ive learned more on youtube than any doctor or nurse has ever told me.
@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, Eric! We hope that our video was able to help. 🙏🏼
@EricTheBroBean
2 жыл бұрын
@@osmosis It definitely was. I hope sometime in the future they will find more causes as to what can cause a pneumothorax to happen. Both times ive had it happen to me, my body was either sleeping in a weird position, or stretched in a twisted angle.
@ruggerogabbrielli6831
2 жыл бұрын
@@EricTheBroBean The cause is injury to the visceral pleura.
@EricTheBroBean
2 жыл бұрын
@@ruggerogabbrielli6831 Thats not a cause, thats a result.
@ruggerogabbrielli6831
2 жыл бұрын
@@EricTheBroBean Nope. The air you breath flows into your lungs, not in your pleural space. Only in case your visceral pleura is damaged air can flow in the pleural space, causing a spontaneous pneumothorax.
The singular of "bullae" is "bulla" - just a tiny note, otherwise great work!
The British Accent makes such a positive difference, its like listening to Arya Stark:)
I have a collapsed right middle lobe at the moment and waiting for the hospital to figure out a plan.. needless to say it feels like agony, I am out of breath and weak.
Can you clarify this for me please; the direction of shift of the trachea, is it different from spontaneous and tension pneumothorax
@elenipitsi97
Ай бұрын
In Spontaneous there is not a shift in the trachea. The trachea shifts only in tension pneumothorax.
Had this happen 3 times
Only a few minutes! 😢 BUT I'M A MAN! A WARRIOR!!!
So ok now I understand it's the tension pneumothorax I am suffering
Please korean subtitles please!
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2 жыл бұрын
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On my 5th one today was so bad‼️
Won't the percussion be tympanic ?
Please make a vedio on Amyloidosis
I am experiencing exactly like knuckle cracking sound of fingers in my chest for atleast once in an hour and I feel uncomfortable if I don't let that sound out of my chest by applying some sort of pressure on chest on my own,then I feel comfortable for a while What might be the cause guys?,anyone please🙏
can a spontaneous one with more severe symptoms go away on its own? I was having shortness of breath and couldn't get a deep breath without great effort, back and shoulder pain, sharp stabbing pains in the left of my chest like right under my breast, and lightheadedness. I kept yawning but it felt more like suffocating. It finally started going away after almost a week. also, not looking for a diagnosis, just wondering if it's possible. I might bring this up next time I see my dr
@H.2k64
9 ай бұрын
Hey, So i am having these exact symptoms but on the right side of my chest, could you let me know how did it go for you ?
@tnetennba725_3
9 ай бұрын
@@H.2k64 I never did anything about it but the problem hasn't happened since, as far as I remember, at least not to that severity. I don't know what the issue was, sorry
@ameledouniakelkouli354
7 ай бұрын
yes it can i had a cyst that burst and caused my left lung to collapse and it healed entirely on its own after 4 months of rest (bed ridden)
I was in hospital for a week with a spontaneous pneumothorax ( my lung collapsed ) and was looked exactly how the lung in this video was )I’ve now been out of hospital for nearly three weeks and haven’t felt the same since I still feel like I can’t breath 100% feel like my heart is constantly beating faster than it should and pain in my shoulders and a tight chest I had a chest tube inserted does this get better will I feel normal again ?
@mario-ly9mk
18 күн бұрын
I am experiencing this too. How are you feeling now?
So every tension pneumothorax is a traumatic pneumothorax, right?
I'm recovering from this now. Procedure this morning. Right side collapsed and mostly asymptomatic. If I lost a lot of weight over the last year, could that affect my chances of getting it?
@montismoments-jt3cq
Ай бұрын
yes losing a lot of weight seems to be one of the main reasons.
@morehn
Ай бұрын
@@montismoments-jt3cq turns out it was likely because of cysts or ruptured cysts on the lungs. Unlikely weight related. I had a complex situation.
I got stab in the right lung a few weeks ago, I just have a lot of questions how this is going to change my life ??
Can spontaneous pneumothorax recur after surgery?
@zachthegreat802
2 жыл бұрын
Yes had 3
@zzykrkv8322
Жыл бұрын
Yes
Medicine treatment
I think I had a fricking spontaneous one a couple weeks ago. I'm in the process of getting diagnosed with marfan syndrome and my cardiologist really thinks I have it( I have pretty much all the symptoms, but a good heart. And some enzyme of mine is way too high, which is often a sign of mfs apparently). I have a 4+ haller index for pectus excavatum. one day I suddenly was having a significantly harder time breathing and kept feeling sharp stabbing pains every day for like a week, and one night I almost passed out from lack of oxygen while doing absolutely nothing but sitting down trying to catch my breath. I kept getting told, "it could just be gas in your chest" by my parents and the lady who did my echocardiogram, but this is literally gas in the chest and I was having the hard time breathing, in addition to pain in my back and shoulders. Holy frick, wow, this could have been it :0
@mario-ly9mk
18 күн бұрын
How are you feeling now?
my brain is so used to the american accent on these videos and the british accent was a bit of a shock! lmaoo hahaha and im british lmaoooo
@osmosis
2 жыл бұрын
Haha! We hope you still enjoyed the vid, nonetheless! 🙌🏼 💕 ✨
i just got this today... am i in danger?
Can overused and misused Bipap Machine cause lungs to collapse❓Can overused Bipap Machine cause Tension Pneumothorax❓What about these Iatrogenic induced and concealed Tension Pneumothorax❓ What about Excessive Fluid Overloaded that infiltrated Mom's lungs. Also take into consideration Mom had suffered Iatrogenic causation Chronic ARDS 2012.
I have Marfan syndrome
It's a dangerous problem 😢😢😢😢
These are extremely painful!
@nathiorellana
2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever gotten this I'm literally so worried cause I'm feeling air in my lungs rn
@Firasgames619
2 жыл бұрын
@@nathiorellana please dont worry at first its painful like u can feel sharp pain or u cant exhale 100% you just need to see a doctor mostly it can be cured without any draining surgery with medicines i hope hou will get better
@itz.goomie
2 жыл бұрын
No shit
@fabplays6559
Жыл бұрын
@@nathiorellana Hiya, don’t worry, that’s the health anxiety convincing you that something is wrong. ❤️ It’s normal to feel air in your lungs, that is how you breathe! You will definitely know if you have this condition as it will be so extremely painful that it will feel like someone is stabbing you and you cannot walk.
Pneumothorax
I survived 6 operations and now is seeking for disability
Male voice is best.
Here because Of Cj McCollum
Can you put an Arabic translation for your video??
@osmosis
Жыл бұрын
Hi Zain! Thanks for your feedback! We're currently working on having our content translated to our languages and we're hoping to have Arabic translation in the future as well 😊
Nice AI fail when the computer mispronounced TRACHEA
I am a Pneumothorax Patient continues 4 years...
@mfdomingo5461
Жыл бұрын
Ano po nging treatment?
this is grade A content
@osmosis
16 сағат бұрын
Wow, thank you! ⭐️
Everything is well but kindly try to speak clearly and calmly because here not everyone has has English as primary language.
@osmosis
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, Muhammad. You may adjust the playback speed to a more comfortable speed via the settings button on the lower part of the video screen. 🙏🏼
Why do we need to spend money on free videos on KZread 🙃💔
@fabplays6559
Жыл бұрын
You don’t…?
your accent 😆