What is a pneumothorax, is it a serious condition, and is it life threatening?

Filtered air is manually injected into the pleural space to identify intrathoracic disease on x-rays, called an artificial pneumothorax. Pneumothorax caused by chest trauma, acupuncture**, etc., is called traumatic pneumothorax. The most common pneumothorax is the rupture of lung tissue and visceral pleura due to lung disease, or the rupture of pulmonary bullae and emphysema bubbles near the lung surface, and air from the lungs and bronchial tubes escaping into the pleural space, which is called a spontaneous pneumothorax point.

Should go to take a CT to check whether there are lung bullae, if there is, then you should do thoracoscopic surgery immediately, I am 14 years old this year, ** 2 times, I did thoracoscopic surgery in June, the general ** rate is 5-10 percentPneumothorax can not do strenuous exercise, breathe more fresh air, keep a good attitude to face, in fact, you can't die, in addition, if you want to have surgery, you are afraid that you can call the doctor to use a painkiller pump after your operation, the effect is not bad, more than 600 yuan. The whole operation is almost more than 20,000 words.

Pneumothorax can be life-threatening if left untimely, and pneumothorax occurs because air enters the pleural space, causing a state of pneumocracy. After the occurrence of pneumothorax, the pressure in the pleural cavity rises, and the negative pressure in the chest can become positive pressure, compressing the lungs, resulting in obstruction of venous blood flow back to the heart, resulting in different degrees of heart and lung dysfunction.

Western Medicine**: Idiopathic pneumothorax: pneumothorax occurs in healthy people, mostly in young people, and is more common in men.

The reason for this is presumed to be a defect in the prior development of the visceral subpleural alveoli, which is due to the rupture of the small subpleural emphysema vesicle and the diffusion of air along the pulmonary interstitium to accumulate in the visceral subpleural layer to form a pneumothorax. Secondary pneumothorax is secondary to chronic diseases of the lungs, such as chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, bronchial asthma complicated by emphysema or diffuse lung, pulmonary interstitial fibrosis diseases (silicosis, chronic tuberculosis, diffuse pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, etc.), and compensatory bullae, due to severe coughing, respiratory tract infection and other triggers, the alveolar pressure rises sharply, resulting in the rupture of the alveoli and causing pneumothorax. Primary lung lesions of other causes, such as lung cancer, lung abscess, pulmonary tuberculosis cavitation, and pulmonary cysts, can also directly invade the pleura and cause pneumothorax.

Menstrual pneumothorax: its occurrence is closely related to the presence of thoracic endometriosis and diaphragm foramen, and most patients cannot find the location of lung air leakage, so it suggests that most of the air in the chest comes from outside the lungs, which is obviously different from idiopathic pneumothorax. Therefore, this disease should be a special type of spontaneous pneumothorax.

Pathogenesis: all kinds of pneumothorax caused by **, according to the size of the volume of air and different clinical types, can cause changes in intrathoracic pressure, the lungs on the affected side are compressed and collapsed to varying degrees, and the respiratory function is restricted, and in severe cases, the mediastinum can move to the healthy side, compress the opposite lung and large blood vessels, reduce the amount of blood and stroke output back to the heart, and lead to respiratory and circulatory failure.

The pathogenesis of traditional Chinese medicine: the main qi of the lungs, the division of breathing, and the main announcement of the suppression, which is the pivot of the qi machine in and out of the lift. Extrapulmonary compromising fur.

Open to the nose. If the lung qi is weak, the six external evil spirits and ringworms invade from the mouth, nose or fur, the evil qi suppresses the lungs, and the lung qi is unfavorable or coughing or wheezing or wheezing or the fluid is lost in the infusion to form phlegm, and it stops in the lungs, which can cause lung deficiency and qi and yin depletion for a long time, resulting in the dysfunction of the main qi of the lungs. Once the external evil takes advantage of the deficiency to invade, or induces phlegm and drinking, the lungs will be weakened, the qi will be reversed, the lungs will be depressed, the upper scorching will be congested, the veins will be blocked, and the condition will deteriorate sharply and cause shortness of breath, severe cough, and chest pain.

There are many causes of pneumothorax.

1. Spontaneous pneumothorax is more common in taller and thinner teenagers, without obvious lung or bronchial diseases, and often occurs in the case of exercise, which is relatively rare. Clause.

2. Secondary pneumothorax, mainly bronchial or pulmonary diseases, will lead to bronchial rupture, which is connected to the chest cavity to form a pneumothorax, such as chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, etc. Clause.

3. Traumatic pneumothorax, such as acupuncture will puncture the pleura and cause pneumothorax, and various chest trauma will cause rib fractures to pierce the pleura, which will also lead to pneumothorax.

There are many reasons for pneumothorax, in general, there is air oozing out of the lungs, so the harm caused by the formation of pneumothorax is to make you panting and chest pain, this situation should be seized **.

Pneumothorax is divided into open and closed, with open pneumothorax being mostly caused by trauma, while closed pneumothorax can be caused by alveoli or due to exercise-induced alveolar rupture.

It is the rupture of the alveoli in the lungs, and the air in the lungs compresses the lungs, and then the chest cavity is hemorrhaged. That's pretty much how I got hemothorax at the end of last year and stayed for 2 weeks... People with thin physiques are easy to get.,**Try not to get cold after **, don't do heavy work.。。

Generally**that is, to draw blood and breath, it is possible**or possible, it is good, **The doctor told me to have surgery to remove the injured lung bullae.

When a lung or pleural lesion ruptures the visceral pleura, causing air to enter the pleural space, pneumopleural cavity is formed, called pneumothorax. Pneumothorax is usually divided into three types: artificial pneumothorax, traumatic pneumothorax and spontaneous pneumothorax.

The severity of symptoms depends on the amount of air in the chest, the speed with which they occur, and the degree of lesions in the lungs. Patients often have cough, straining to breathe, strenuous exercise and other triggers, a small amount of pneumothorax without obvious symptoms or shortness of breath first and then gradually stabilized. In the case of a massive pneumothorax, sudden shortness of breath, shortness of breath, irritability, severe dyspnea, and profuse sweating.

Shock and loss of consciousness even occur. The prognosis for spontaneous pneumothorax is good and is usually short-term**. However, if first aid is not timely or not properly managed, it can be life-threatening or secondary to empyema.

The main complications are pneumothorax, hemopneumothorax, and chronic pneumothorax. In recent years, with the aseptic operation of thoracic surgery and the timely use of antibiotics, pneumothorax complicated by pneumothorax is rare.

1) Hemopneumothorax: Spontaneous pneumothorax causes the blood vessels in the pleural adhesion to be torn. The onset is abrupt, in addition to chest tightness and shortness of breath, chest pain continues to worsen, accompanied by dizziness, paleness, rapid pulse, hypotension, etc. Signs of pleural effusion are abundant in a short period of time, and x-rays show fluid gas levels.

Thoracentesis is whole blood.

2) Chronic pneumothorax refers to the pneumothorax that has not been absorbed for more than 3 months. Factors of incomplete lung expansion are: pleural adhesion traction, which keeps the pleural hiatus open; The hiatus passes through the cyst or lung tissue, forming a bronchopleural fistula; Cellulose and organisation on the surface of the visceral pleura, which restricts lung expansion; Lesions in the bronchial lumen cause complete obstruction, preventing the collapsed lung from re-inflating.

In addition, it can be complicated by fluid pneumothorax and bronchopleural fistula. If left untimely**, death can occur due to acute progressive respiratory and circulatory failure due to lung atrophy and mediastinal compression and displacement.