What is spontaneous pneumothorax

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My brother had chest tightness and dyspnea not long ago. Later, he went to the hospital for examination and found that he had spontaneous pneumothorax. Let's introduce what is spontaneous pneumothorax?

What is spontaneous pneumothorax

First of all, spontaneous pneumothorax refers to the rupture of lung tissue and visceral pleura due to lung disease, or the spontaneous rupture of pulmonary bullae and micro emphysema near the surface of the lung, which makes the air in the lung and bronchus escape into the pleural cavity. More common in young men or suffering from chronic bronchitis, emphysema, tuberculosis. This disease is one of the acute diseases in the Department of lung. If it is serious, it can be life-threatening and can be cured by timely treatment.

Secondly, pleural cavity is a closed cavity between visceral and parietal pleura. Due to the elastic retraction force of the lung, it is a negative pressure chamber [- 0.29 ～ 0.49kpa (- 3.5cmh2o)]. When a certain inducement causes a sharp rise in the alveoli pressure, the damaged lung pleura ruptures, the pleural cavity is connected with the atmosphere, and the air flows into the thoracic cavity to form spontaneous pneumothorax.

Finally, spontaneous pneumothorax is mostly secondary. Some patients become closed (simplex) pneumothorax because of lung retraction during exhalation or serous exudate, which makes the visceral pleura self sealing and no air leakage into the pleural cavity. The patient will have dyspnea, chest pain and palpitation. Some of them appear singly, and some of them appear at the same time.

matters needing attention

Spontaneous pneumothorax should be treated in time, especially can not blindly use drugs, delay the condition, and patients should pay attention to indoor ventilation after getting sick, but also to regulate their mood.