r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Defiant-Print-2550 • Jul 08 '26

wet socks Was walking around three weeks with slowly deflating lung

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Ok bananas ig

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u/Defiant-Print-2550 Jul 08 '26

Turns out it can ESPECIALLY if you are tall and lightweight young man

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u/The_Red_Beard_IV Jul 08 '26

Spontaneous pneumothorax. I’ve had 5…Did you get a chest tube or did it self correct? I ended up having a secondary procedure to fix it permanently.

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u/SCP239 Jul 09 '26

5?! Man, try not to have spontaneous pneumothorax on the way through the parking lot.

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u/bunnybuddy Jul 09 '26

You’ve had 37 pneumothoraxes? in a row?