What are the symptoms of male pneumothorax?

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Pneumothorax is a very serious disease that occurs in young and middle-aged men. Once it occurs, it often brings fatal risk. According to experts, there are many types of pneumothorax in clinic. So, do you know the different types of pneumothorax in clinic? What are their symptoms? Now I'll tell you about it.

What are the symptoms of male pneumothorax?

Patients with open pneumothorax often have severe dyspnea, panic, weak pulse frequency, cyanosis and shock after injury. During the examination, there was an obvious wound in the chest wall leading into the chest, and the "hiss hiss" sound of air in and out with breathing could be heard. Percussion on the injured side showed that the tympanic sound disappeared, and sometimes the mediastinal swing sound could be heard.

Closed pneumothorax can be divided into small, medium and large pneumothorax according to pleural volume and degree of lung collapse. A small amount of pneumothorax means that the collapse of the lung is less than 30%, and the patient has no obvious respiratory and circulatory dysfunction. The lung collapse rate of moderate pneumothorax is 30% - 50%, while that of large pneumothorax is more than 50%, which can lead to chest tightness, shortness of breath and other manifestations of hypoxemia. Physical examination showed that the trachea deviated to the healthy side, chest percussion on the injured side showed tympanic sound, respiratory sound was significantly weakened or disappeared, a small number of the wounded patients may have subcutaneous emphysema, and often at the rib fracture site.

Patients with tension pneumothorax often show severe dyspnea and cyanosis. Percussion on the injured side of the chest is a high tympanic sound, and the auscultation breath sound disappears. If a syringe is used to puncture the second or third intercostal space, the needle plug can be ejected by air. All of these have diagnostic value. In addition, it was found that the pulse was weak, the blood pressure was decreased, the trachea was significantly shifted to the healthy side, the chest wall of the injured side was full, the intercostal space was flattened, and the respiratory movement was significantly weakened.

matters needing attention

Pneumothorax will have a certain impact on the patient's breathing, which will naturally affect the patient's mood and quality of life, so first of all, we should do a good job in psychological nursing, establish the confidence to fight the disease, pay attention to rest, do not breathe too much, do not use excessive force, and maintain a good mood.