I had trouble breathing for two weeks (sob) but continued to vigorously exercise. Then, one morning, I had a sharp, quick, severe pain following the outline of my scapula (right). After that, I was very sob and felt like my preexisting gerd was seriously out of control. I spent the day ignoring the symptoms. Finally, by the next night, I went to the emergency department. I had a pneumothorax (R) and three PE (2 right and 1 left). WhicChatDoctore first? PE or collapse? Were they related? What caused the pain?
Hi, Pneumothorax can be caused by various reasons including rapture of lung ballad, trauma, iatrogenic, post infective, underlying diseased lung or connective tissue disorders. Sudden onset pain and breathlessness heralds pneumothorax. When you mention PE, in medical terminology it often refers to pulmonary embolism. (or do you want to refer to pleural effusion, which accompanies a pneumothorax, making it a HY Chat Doctor. Causes for pulmonary embolism include prolonged immobility, surgeries, accidents, OC pills, hyper homocystenemia, cardiac abnormalities (fibrillation). Pulmonar embolism has been mentioned as a cause of secondary pneumothorax in the literature. And pneumothorax can subsequently lead to collapse of the lung. Hope I have understood your question correctly. Regards.