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Have Pneumothorax. Having Pain. What Should I Do?
Question: I think I have a pneumothorax, am in excrutiating pain. Should I call an ambulance?
It has got much worse since yesterday and it is really hard to breathe especially if I lie down.
It has got much worse since yesterday and it is really hard to breathe especially if I lie down.
Dear patient,
yes, by all means; you should be assessed in the Emergency Department; acute excruciating chest pain in the elderly needs ruling out the dreaded possibilities of a heart attack, pneumothorax, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism and esophageal rupture; the ED phsyicians are expertes at this.
Yours truly,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Cardiology
Mayo Clinic MN
yes, by all means; you should be assessed in the Emergency Department; acute excruciating chest pain in the elderly needs ruling out the dreaded possibilities of a heart attack, pneumothorax, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism and esophageal rupture; the ED phsyicians are expertes at this.
Yours truly,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Cardiology
Mayo Clinic MN
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