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Re: Why I have been gone for a week
Im intrigued now. Spontaneous pneumothorax is not unheard of but usually befalls young skinny tall males. It can also occour due to blunt force ie chest hitting a steering wheel or even wresteling. Did you have any trauma, even seemingly insignificant? And what is your age and build. I had a paitent that got a spontaneous pneumo from wresteling and it was quite interesting watching the chest tube being placed. Were you concious for that? I have heard it is very painful. My boss has been shot in the chest before and he said that the chest tube hurt more than being shot did.
Open pneumothorax is the second most common cause of "preventable battlefield death". Now treating open chest injuries with a procedure called needle chest decompression is taught to all soldiers in a high speed first aid class. That involves taking a very large needle and sticking it in someones chest. Scary that the Army has decided to teach this to all soldiers, but if it saves someones life I guess its okay.
Glad to hear you are okay.
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