What causes pneumothorax

Update Date: 2024-07-18 Source: Network

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Pneumothorax refers to the gas into the pleural cavity, resulting in gas accumulation state. That is to say, the gas that was not allowed to enter the human body accumulated in the wrong place, causing problems in the physiological function of the human body. Some female friends during menstruation also appear more special pneumothorax, pneumothorax more serious still need surgery treatment. Let's see what causes pneumothorax.

What causes pneumothorax

Reason 1: sudden chest pain, then chest tightness or dyspnea, and may have irritating dry cough. When the amount of gas is large, the affected side's chest is full, breathing movement is weakened, tactile speech tremor is weakened or disappeared, percussion drum sound and auscultation breathing sound are weakened or disappeared. If the above symptoms, suspected pneumothorax patients should be further examined.

Reason 2: at the beginning, it was only a small amount of spontaneous pneumothorax with mild symptoms, so conservative treatment was adopted. Bed rest, oxygen therapy and appropriate analgesia, sedation, cough, defecation, etc. to remove incentives.

Reason 3: pneumothorax can be diagnosed according to clinical manifestations, signs and imaging data. Many patients, especially those with primary pneumothorax, do not go to the hospital for treatment because of mild symptoms for several days. 46% of pneumothorax patients do not go to the hospital until two days later. This clinical feature is very important because the relapsing pulmonary edema may be related to the length of time the lung is compressed. Therefore, we must make a diagnosis as soon as possible.

matters needing attention

There are several kinds of spontaneous pneumothorax, and the treatment should be appropriate. If it is only a small amount of closed pneumothorax, it can be relieved by pumping treatment; while open pneumothorax needs to be treated by closed drainage; if it is a high-pressure pneumothorax, it should be done emergency pumping, and then closed drainage.