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pnuemothorax then pleuricy

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I am 16 years old and i am an athlete adn i am never sick. in june i was walking around my house and had a sudden sharp pain in my back. I figured it was just a pulled muscle but then the pain moved up my back into my chest. My mom said it was gas so I didnt go to the doctors until 2 days later when i was in horrible pain. I was diagnosed with a spontaneous pnuemothorax and was sen to the e.r. and put on oxygen for six hours and went home. When it wasnt better the next day I was sent to another hospital. I stayed there for 4 days on constant oxygen until it reinflated....

now, 4 mos later i started getting a similar pain in my lung when i swam, but not as acute. I went to the hospital a few days ago and they said i have pleuricy, probably from the pnuemothorax....

Anyone else with the same prob???[/i]

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  • beth02617
    beth02617

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    I'm hoping you get this message. My daughter is 14, healthy and athletic. In November she had a spontaneous pneumothorax. She recovered completely after about 2 weeks. She was completely pain free for about 1 week. Since then she has sudden sharp pains every day. Sometimes they last only one breath. Other times it will last almost all day. The first time it lasted all day she went in and had an XRay. Nothing showed up on it and the doctor didn't have an explanation. I told the doctor about a month ago that the pains have continued and she suggested pleurisy. I'm curious to know if you have had continued pain as well and if pneumothorax has ever reoccurred.
  • ph1l1p
    ph1l1p Guest

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    I'm not as young as you guys as baxk in 09 when I was 29 when I has my 1st pneumothorax after a number of re collapses in both left and right and Vats pluroectomy, bulectomy on both twice  (2nd time with talc)

    But I did have a bout of plurasy in the middle, although it felt similar to a collapse something didn't feel right that lung had actually gone on that occasion..

    It will take time but you will get used to it, I am now doing regular exercise, and plenty of walking.

    You can still stay fit and active until you feel you are ready to give more strenuous exercise a try.

    I even completed the national  3 peaks 4 months after one of the collapses 

  • schmuly
    schmuly Guest

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    I'm 28 and had only the one pnuemothorax about 4 years ago. I was on a stopover to Asia and flew with my collapsed lung. When i got off the plane I was all swollen and couldn't fly for 6 weeks. So we had to drive back home again.

    I then flew 6 weeks later and was panicing so much in the air as my lungs had that tugging feeling. Also during our trip I could get up from bed quickly and feel pain my chest - so much panic - but not sense my orginal bout have I had a secound occurence.

    I get real bad pain in my neck when I get emtional but nothing bad has happend to my lungs since - I train 6/7 times a week - pretty high intensity stuff and I am all good smile

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