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What Causes Severe Chest Pain, Back Pain And Pain While Walking?
Hello sir, I am a young individual having age of 26.I had severe chest pain and back pain before almost one month.then for one week was constantly having that pain while I was walking.So i knew something was wrong .so I went to doc and had my chest xray and was found out to be spontaneous primary phneymothorax. I got hospitalized immediately and was under observation . I had 30% of air blockage but since I had no other complications doc decided to go with only oxygen therapy for two days .It went well and my air got reduced and I was discharged after two days.since then I am doing rest at home. I am non smooker since begining and nor I have any lung disease before .I also do not play such heavy sports nor I am that thin .I can understand that some reasons can be abstract but can you please guide me how I can I prevent it for happening in future as I am about to start my normal routine of job soon. Thank you
Mon, 6 Apr 2015
I understand your concerns.
Primary spontaneous pnemothorax is thought to develop when a small air blister( bleb) on the top of the lung ruptures. Blebs are caused by weakness in the lung tissue and can rupture from changes in air pressure when you're scuba diving,flying, mountain climbing because of unequally transmitted pressure changes in the lung.
Avoiding these would help in recurrent severe complications.
Since you have already ruled out smoking
In some cases genetic factor may play a role because this condition may run in families.
And also since you have mentioned back pain, it would be advisable to rule out ankylosing spondylitis which can be one of the rare associations with spontaneous pnemothorax
Recurrences of spontaneous pneumothorax is known to occur in 50% of patients within 3yrs
The best preventive procedure is Video assisted thoracic surgery(VATS) in which belbs are stapled and pleurodesis is done while in some medical centers thoracotomy is done.
These procedures are recommended when catheter aspiration fails to resolve spontaneous pbemothorax or if it recures frequently. Recurrence after these procedures is
Primary spontaneous pnemothorax is thought to develop when a small air blister( bleb) on the top of the lung ruptures. Blebs are caused by weakness in the lung tissue and can rupture from changes in air pressure when you're scuba diving,flying, mountain climbing because of unequally transmitted pressure changes in the lung.
Avoiding these would help in recurrent severe complications.
Since you have already ruled out smoking
In some cases genetic factor may play a role because this condition may run in families.
And also since you have mentioned back pain, it would be advisable to rule out ankylosing spondylitis which can be one of the rare associations with spontaneous pnemothorax
Recurrences of spontaneous pneumothorax is known to occur in 50% of patients within 3yrs
The best preventive procedure is Video assisted thoracic surgery(VATS) in which belbs are stapled and pleurodesis is done while in some medical centers thoracotomy is done.
These procedures are recommended when catheter aspiration fails to resolve spontaneous pbemothorax or if it recures frequently. Recurrence after these procedures is
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