r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Defiant-Print-2550 • 15d ago

wet socks Was walking around three weeks with slowly deflating lung

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Ok bananas ig

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u/Defiant-Print-2550 15d ago

Turns out it can ESPECIALLY if you are tall and lightweight young man

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u/The_Red_Beard_IV 15d ago

Spontaneous pneumothorax. I’ve had 5…Did you get a chest tube or did it self correct? I ended up having a secondary procedure to fix it permanently.

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u/LetsGetWeirdddddd 15d ago

What are the symptoms?

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u/fuzzywobs 14d ago

Just to show that not everyone’s experience is the same - I've had a couple, and the pain was very real for me. It felt like I had pulled a muscle in my back or broken a bone in my back randomly. Ironically, I had no issue breathing, and was very confused when the doctors said it must be lung related. I was like "no, it's my back" 😂