chest pain
It often happens suddenly and can radiate to the shoulders, back, armpits and forearms. Chest pain on the side where pneumothorax occurs is aggravated when coughing and inhaling deeply.
Dyspnea is related to the degree of lung compression. Most of them have chest discomfort symptoms such as breath holding and chest tightness after the activity. Young adults have no obvious lung lesions and good lung function. If one lung collapses less than 20%, there is no sign. Mild dyspnea occurs when 90% of one lung collapses. The original chronic lung disease, weakness, old age, lung compression is only 10%.
, there will be severe breathing difficulties. Some patients also have progressive dyspnea.
Cough is mostly dry cough, and those with empyema cough up pus and phlegm.
Shock mostly occurs in patients with tension pneumothorax (the fissure is valvular and air can only enter) and the rescue is not timely. In addition to increased dyspnea, patients also have cyanosis, excessive sweating, cold limbs, weak pulse and decreased blood pressure, which can lead to coma and death soon.
Other symptoms: fever, inability to lie flat, cyanosis (nail bed in hand, purple lips); Long-term chronic pneumothorax can also be complicated with scoliosis.
Heart diseases, such as arrhythmia, personality and psychological disorders, etc. X-ray examination of ordinary chest X-ray film can be diagnosed. If there is no X-ray equipment, you can observe the chest, and the breathing movement on one side of the pneumothorax is weakened, and a "bang" drum sound is issued by tapping.