lung collapse
Breath-taking medical emergency
A lung collapse occurs when air escapes into the space between the lung and chest wall, causing the lung to deflate partially or completely.
The medical term is pneumothorax.
It can result from injury, disease, or occur spontaneously.
Symptoms include sudden chest pain and difficulty breathing: The doctors discovered his lung had collapsed.
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- air leakUnintended gas escape
- pneumothoraxAir in pleural space
- chest painDiscomfort in thoracic region
- difficulty breathingImpaired respiration
respiratory distress · shortness of breath · cyanosis · trauma · iatrogenic · bleb · chest tube · shallow · tension · CT scan · blue · emphysema · chest wall · sucking chest wound · ambulance · emergency room · ultrasound imaging · tube
- breathing problemsrespiratory arrest, respiratory distress, apnea, hypoxia, asphyxiation
- fatal injuriesdecapitation, exsanguination, internal bleeding, broken neck, brain hemorrhage
- neonatal lungsrespiratory distress, surfactant, preterm birth, premature infant, preemies
- complicationscomplication, bleeding, paralysis, infections, hemorrhage
- lung diseasespneumonia, pneumoconiosis, bronchitis, silicosis, emphysema
- tuberculosisTB, tubercle, tuberculosis, active TB, cavitation