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Hi All, I had a spontaneous tension pneumothorax about 7 months ago - two in fact, one after the other. I've been invited to a wedding in Australia so flights from the UK to Aus are generally 25 hours in duration, with approx 2 to 3 stop overs.
I didnt have the surgery as the doctor said if it were to happen again you would need to have surgery, so took to risk to go on with life without it, knowing i May need it again.
Recently I'm having weird sensations in the chest area and some bouts of breathlessness which lasts 1-2 minutes. I'm concerned whether to fly out or not? Please advise.
Doing some reasearch online says that cabin pressure on a plane is adjusted but the issues is the pressure during ascent, which can cause gasses (including those in blebs which are found on the lung) to expand by 30-40%. THe flight that I am taking has 3 stop overs....with flights duratnios being 8-9 hours each. Any experience or advice here on what to do please?
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