Pneumothorax

Hi. I'm Dan. I just had a major surgery
Pneumothorax.i was wondering.
Has any one else had a spontaneous Pneumothorax like me, and also used LSD in the last. I'm wondering if there's a link. Or is not related. I was also a heavy herb smoker before the surgery. Can any one help me as to when vaping would be possible, considering I had surgery on the 4th of January 2016. Last time I used acid, was April 18th 2015. And also. Any information you have on pneumothorax, and causes. Would be great. I had 30-60 blisters on the out side of my lungs. Pm for images of my surgery if your curious and wunna see staples in my lungs.

DanJustWants2Toke said:

Any information you have on pneumothorax, and causes.

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Google is your friend.... From the Mayo Clinic:

[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]'Pneumothorax can be caused by:

Chest injuries. Any blunt or penetrating injury to your chest can cause lung collapse. Some injuries may happen during physical assaults or car crashes, while others may inadvertently occur during medical procedures that involve the insertion of a needle into the chest.
Underlying lung diseases. Damaged lung tissue is more likely to collapse. Lung damage can be caused by many types of underlying diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis and pneumonia.
Ruptured air blisters. Small air blisters (blebs) can develop on the top of your lung. While not considered to be a disease of the lungs, these blebs sometimes burst — allowing air to leak into the space that surrounds the lungs.
Mechanical ventilation. A severe type of pneumothorax can occur in people who need mechanical assistance to breathe. The ventilator can create an imbalance of air pressure within the chest. The lung may collapse completely and the heart may be squeezed to the point that it can't work properly.

Risk factors for pneumothorax include:

Your sex. In general, men are far more likely to have a pneumothorax than are women.
Smoking. The risk increases with the length of time and the number of cigarettes smoked, even without emphysema.
Age. The type of pneumothorax caused by ruptured air blisters is most likely to occur in people between 20 and 40 years old, especially if the person is a very tall and underweight man.
Genetics. Certain types of pneumothorax appear to run in families.
Lung disease. Having an underlying lung disease — especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — makes a collapsed lung more likely.
Mechanical ventilation. People who need mechanical ventilation to assist their breathing are at higher risk of pneumothorax.
A history of pneumothorax. Anyone who has had one pneumothorax is at increased risk of another, usually within one to two years of the first episode.'


Given the above information, I would say your LSD usage had little to do with it. As to your smoking, without knowing how much or how long, it would be hard to gauge. You also don's say whether or not you were a cigarette smoker.
As to the possibility of vaping, I would think that you should be extremely careful putting anything 'foreign' into your lungs at this time. Just like lung cancer patients are not even allowed e-cigs, I would think that you should avoid all forms of inhaling of any substance. Perhaps edibles would serve you better.

Hope you feel better soon and welcome to the forum.

momofthegoons said:

Google is your friend.... From the Mayo Clinic:

[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]'Pneumothorax can be caused by:

Chest injuries. Any blunt or penetrating injury to your chest can cause lung collapse. Some injuries may happen during physical assaults or car crashes, while others may inadvertently occur during medical procedures that involve the insertion of a needle into the chest.
Underlying lung diseases. Damaged lung tissue is more likely to collapse. Lung damage can be caused by many types of underlying diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis and pneumonia.
Ruptured air blisters. Small air blisters (blebs) can develop on the top of your lung. While not considered to be a disease of the lungs, these blebs sometimes burst — allowing air to leak into the space that surrounds the lungs.
Mechanical ventilation. A severe type of pneumothorax can occur in people who need mechanical assistance to breathe. The ventilator can create an imbalance of air pressure within the chest. The lung may collapse completely and the heart may be squeezed to the point that it can't work properly.

Risk factors for pneumothorax include:

Your sex. In general, men are far more likely to have a pneumothorax than are women.
Smoking. The risk increases with the length of time and the number of cigarettes smoked, even without emphysema.
Age. The type of pneumothorax caused by ruptured air blisters is most likely to occur in people between 20 and 40 years old, especially if the person is a very tall and underweight man.
Genetics. Certain types of pneumothorax appear to run in families.
Lung disease. Having an underlying lung disease — especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — makes a collapsed lung more likely.
Mechanical ventilation. People who need mechanical ventilation to assist their breathing are at higher risk of pneumothorax.
A history of pneumothorax. Anyone who has had one pneumothorax is at increased risk of another, usually within one to two years of the first episode.'

Given the above information, I would say your LSD usage had little to do with it. As to your smoking, without knowing how much or how long, it would be hard to gauge. You also don's say whether or not you were a cigarette smoker.
As to the possibility of vaping, I would think that you should be extremely careful putting anything 'foreign' into your lungs at this time. Just like lung cancer patients are not even allowed e-cigs, I would think that you should avoid all forms of inhaling of any substance. Perhaps edibles would serve you better.

Hope you feel better soon and welcome to the forum. [/FONT]

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Thanks man. That helps a lot. I smoked a lot of cigs in middle school, but dropped cigs completely and have had only bud and dabs the past 3 years. And a lot of ecigs, it's possible smoking caused it. I wouldn't be shocked.

DanJustWants2Toke said:

have had only bud and dabs the past 3 years.

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I'll tell you.... not enough research has been done on what dabbing does to your lungs to know, but I believe that dabbing improperly purged concentrates has to do some damage to the lungs. Perhaps that is the answer?

momofthegoons said:

I'll tell you.... not enough research has been done on what dabbing does to your lungs to know, but I believe that dabbing improperly purged concentrates has to do some damage to the lungs. Perhaps that is the answer?

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Dude, I've inhaled so many things I probably shouldn't of. Idk. A lot of fireworks, gas fumes. Paint fumes. a lot of iSO alcohol. And I don't huff it, but in my life and a few jobs I've had. I've been exposed to a lot of bad shit. I just want to be healed and live a normal life.

Pretty sure MOTG is not a man or a dude.

Where is the option for trying Lucy but not having Pneumothorax

Feel better!

Dude you have access to already paid for experts who specialize in your condition and who have access to you treatment records. Don't wast those resources its like stepping down from a Jaguar to a Hugo be honest and brave and talk to them directly they can give you way better information then you can get off the net.

I've had one. 2 years ago. No surgery. No chest tube. I was lucky. Lung inflated itself.

The reason why it collapses so to speak is because a blebe on your lung pops, the air comes out of the lung, your lung sits lower because of the air on top in the chest cavity.

I was a heavy smoker for 15 years with huge bong rips where I would hold my breath. Now I vape at 190C for about 6 months now. No issues at all.

The reason it's called spontaneous is because it is. There is no true reason for it.

I got cold sweats just by reading this thread. I wanted to contribute but the sheer pain memories are coming back too strong even years after, this is an awful experience both when it happens and right after, when you learn that you got above 30% chance of getting a second one in the next two years... and you do get one... Then the bloody morphine withdrawal.... because this time you insisted to get proper pain relief, but it came with a dark side....

I wish you the best Dan, it's clearly a hell of a bad moment to pass... The medical act, even if benign and almost risk-free these days ranks very high on the pain ladder. It's way more painful than the collapse itself which just feels like a muscular cramp. Hmmm.... that pain... :/