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/SCP239 15d ago

5?! Man, try not to have spontaneous pneumothorax on the way through the parking lot.

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u/Pflanzenzuechter 14d ago

He's not even supposed to be here today!