what happens when your lungs collapse answer ASAP please!?

Question

there is this girl at school who lies alot to get attention and she said her lungs collapsed over the weekend. i knew it was pretty suspicious so i asked her a cople of questions about. it took her a while to come up with the answers. all i need to know is what happens when ur lungs collapse. and is it possible for u to be back at school 2 days after the collapsed. PLEASE answere as soo as possible

Answer 1

Collapsed Lung
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
The collapse or caving-in of all or part of a lung occurs when air gets into the area between the lung and the chest wall. If this happens, the lung cannot fill up with air as you take a breath. It may occur spontaneously without a known cause, often in healthy people. Medically, the condition is known as a pneumothorax (nu-mo-THOR-ax).
Causes
Often, collapsed lung is due to rupture of an air pocket or bleb (fluid filled sac) in the lung. Changes in pressure during diving, flying, or even stretching can cause a bleb to break. Asthma or infections in the lung also can cause a rupture.
Signs/Symptoms
Usually, the bigger the collapse of the lung, the worse the signs. Common signs are sudden, sharp pain located on the side of the affected lung; trouble breathing; fast breathing; or coughing. When you breathe in, there's a possibility that your chest may appear lop-sided or asymmetrical.
Care
Whether you are in the hospital or not, you will need a chest x-ray. If the lung collapse is small, it may go away on its own, and you may be allowed to go home. If it is larger or causing breathing problems, you will be admitted to the hospital.
Risks
If only a small part of the lung is collapsed, it may heal by itself. But if a large collapse is not treated, your lungs may fail or become infected.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
Call Your Doctor If...
You have a high temperature.
You have increased chest pain or trouble breathing.
You have pain when you cough.
You cough up sputum that is yellow, green, or gray.
Seek Care Immediately If...
You have sharp, sudden chest pain and trouble breathing. You may also have a dry cough with these signs. Have someone drive you to the nearest hospital immediately, or call 911 or 0 (operator).
IF YOU'RE HEADING FOR THE HOSPITAL...
What to Expect While You're There
You may encounter the following procedures and equipment during your stay.
Chest X-ray: This picture of the lungs will show the location and size of the collapse.
Chest Tube:
A tube may be placed in the side of your chest to let out the air surrounding the lung. The tube may be hooked up to underwater drainage or gentle suction. Removing the air outside the lung allows it to re-expand.
If the tubing is kinked, the tape becomes loose, or the tube comes apart from the rest of the system, call a nurse at once.
Medicine: You may need pain-killing medicine. This will allow you to breathe more easily and take deeper breaths, which will help prevent a lung infection. You may also need cough medicine.
Coughing and Deep Breathing: It is important to do this often because it helps keep your lungs from getting infected.
To ease your pain during coughing and deep breathing, you may need to loosely wrap your rib cage with a 6-inch elastic bandage.
Holding a pillow tightly against your chest when you cough can help reduce the pain. Lying on the side that is hurting may also help ease the pain.
Cold/Heat: A cool towel or heating pad (set on low) may be placed on the chest to help relieve the pain.
Sputum Sample: If you are coughing up sputum, your doctor may need to send a sample to the lab. This sample may reveal an infection. It will also help the doctor choose the medicine you need.
Other Care: You may need surgery if your lung keeps collapsing. Another possible treatment is injection of a substance that will harden the tissue of the collapsed part of the lung.
Taking Vital Signs: These include your temperature, blood pressure, pulse (counting your heartbeats), and respirations (counting your breaths). A stethoscope is used to listen to your heart and lungs. Your blood pressure is taken by wrapping a cuff around your arm.
Oxygen: Your body may need extra oxygen at this time. It is given either by a mask or nasal prongs. Tell your doctor if the oxygen is drying out your nose or if the nasal prongs bother you.
Pulse Oximeter: While you are getting oxygen, you may be hooked up to a pulse oximeter (ox-IM-uh-ter). It is placed on your ear, finger, or toe and is connected to a machine that measures the oxygen in your blood.
ECG: Also called a heart monitor, an electrocardiograph (e-lec-tro-CAR-dee-o-graf), or EKG. The patches on your chest are hooked up to a TV-type screen or a small portable box (telemetry unit). This screen shows a tracing of each heartbeat. Your heart will be watched for signs of injury or damage that could be related to your illness.
12 Lead ECG: This test makes tracings from different parts of your heart. It can help your doctor decide whether there is a heart problem.
Blood: Usually taken from a vein in your hand or from the bend in your elbow. Tests will be done on the blood.
Blood Gases: Blood is taken from an artery in your wrist, elbow, or groin. It is tested for the amount of oxygen it contains.
IV: A tube placed in your vein for giving medicine or liquids. It will be capped or have tubing connected to it.
After You Leave
Try not to cough, sing, talk loudly, or laugh for several days. This causes increased pressure in your lungs and may result in another collapse during this healing period.
Rest until you feel better. You may then return to your normal activities.
If you have chest soreness, apply ice, a heating pad (set on low), or warm cloths to the sore area for 10 to 20 minutes, 2 to 3 times a day. It's important to ease the pain so that you can breathe more easily.
Take medicines only as directed by your doctor. If you feel they are not helping, call your doctor.
If you are taking antibiotics, continue to take them until they are gone--even if you feel better.
If you are taking medicine that makes you drowsy, do not drive or use heavy equipment.

Answer 2

Signs Of A Collapsed Lung

Answer 3

Blunt force trauma is the most likely cause of a collapsed lung. And this usually entails a broken rib puncturing the lung.

The most common fix for a collapsed lung involves cutting into the chest wall and inserting a tube to allow trapped air and blood to escape so the lung can reinflate.

if someone has been through something like that they are not going to be out of the hospital in two days let alone be back in school.

Answer 4

RE:
what happens when your lungs collapse answer ASAP please!?
there is this girl at school who lies alot to get attention and she said her lungs collapsed over the weekend. i knew it was pretty suspicious so i asked her a cople of questions about. it took her a while to come up with the answers. all i need to know is what happens when ur lungs collapse. and...

Answer 5

What Makes A Lung Collapse

Answer 6

No, she'd probably still be in the hospital. If just one collapses, it can be reinflated, at a hospital. If both, yeah, she'd probably be dead.

Answer 7

It really depends upon how serious the collapse is and if it's only one or both of your lungs.. I've suffered 3 of them now, or rather occurrences of possibly the same pneumothorax (which is a lung collapse). All with the left lung. My first was a partial one. I was in hospital over night and was free to go back home the next morning. I don't quite remember but I think I was back at college pretty soon after. My recovery was otherwise fairly swift from then on. The other two make for good stories.
My second collapse, which happened about 2 months after, was the worst by far. My lung had somehow gone from being completely fine to totally collapsing to the point at which it looked like a deflated balloon on the X Ray. Was shocking to see.. 'How am I even standing up right now? And how am I not screaming in agony?' I said straight after seeing it.. The real pain ironically, was still to come. The surgery I had was about 10 times as painful as the collapse and easily the most painful thing I've ever experienced in life so far. In order to fix the collapse and remove all of the air from my chest to allow my lung to re-inflate, a chest drain was required. That involved a tube attached to a draining chamber (which would pump the air out whenever I breathe) being pushed through my rib cage and into my chest cavity. I was told it would take about 5 minutes to insert the tube.. It in fact took nearly an hour. I was given so little anaesthetic, they might as well have given me none. And I was given no painkillers before hand. I was fully awake and conscious for the surgery.. Perhaps even more awake than usual thanks to the pain I soon felt. So for the next hour or so I was writhing in pain, screaming, swearing, and traumatising my dad who had the misfortune of being with me when it was done. That was probably the worst part.. Occasionally looking to my dad and seeing in his eyes how distressing it was for him to watch. Anyway, so I had the draining tube left in for the next 4 days. That was also incredibly painful, quite literally with every breath took and small movement I made. When the tube was removed (also extremely painful - but brief), I stayed an extra night in hospital to recover some more. I left the next morning. I could barely walk after arriving home because of how much pain I was still in. However the next day I found myself up and walking around again like I was fine again. So my recovery was clearly sped up by the chest drain. However in no way was it worth the pain I went through. So I stayed off college for the next 2 weeks just to be safe.
My third collapse which happened just last week was the most mild one. However the difference in pain can be substituted for huge levels of inconvenience.. I actually lied about when and why this one happened because it would have caused me a tonne of embarrassment and drop me in the **** with my parents. I was supposed to be in college but our lecturer didn't turn up, meaning that in addition to my free time around that period in the day, I had about 4 hours to kill. Literally seconds after I heard that our lecturer wasn't coming in, I got a text from a girl I'm 'special friends' with letting me know that she had the day off work and if I wanted to go round hers for a few hours whilst the house was empty.. So obviously I did, because what guy would turn down that offer when you've got nothing else going on at the time?! So we get down to it. About 15 minutes in, I feel a sharp stabbing pain in the left side of the chest, identical to my previous lung collapses. So I knew what it was right away, and why it had happened. I'll just say, think about the excessive breathing I'd have been doing.. I made sure to finish up fast after that before allowing it to get to intense.. I roll over, we catch our breath (or rather I try to due to my now decreasing oxygen levels). She reminds me that I should get back to college before my attendance record is ruined any more than it is already. I tell her that I'll go back to college but not before calling an ambulance. 'What?!' she exclaims. I limply say, 'because I am 90% sure than my lung is in the process of collapsing again and I am in ******* agony right now'. I decided to call one to get me from college because then I could lie and say it happened in college whilst I was working. Thus protecting my 'special friendship', attendance record at college, and also from my parents finding out why I wasn't in college in the first place. Apart from the fact my had collapsed again, everything went to plan that day! I only spent 3-4 hours in hospital this time and I only took the next day off college. I was back in as normal the next Tuesday.
Anyway back on topic. So it really does vary in how severe it is and if it's one or both of your lungs then that could be a very serious situation. I'm almost certain that I haven't had my last collapse. I can say with absolute certainty that it isn't just something you can get over in a day. It'll take a long time for you to fully recover. Months most likely.
Hope all of this helps people!

Answer 8

u die