I have had spontaneous pnemothorax (collapsed lung) in the past VERY many times...my lungs are killing me!?

Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs because of the shape of your chest and lungs. Are you maybe tall and thin? If you are, then you are more prone to this. Also cigarette smokers are at greater risk as are recreational drug users who inhale deeply. Get checked for asthma and COPD as well.

I doubt it became a collapsed lung, he would have had project respiratory no longer purely discomfort. It sounds like it could have been something they call pleurisy. The discomfort is in lots of situations a pointy, stabbing discomfort, yet would additionally be a lifeless discomfort or a burning sensation. this is often worse once you're taking a deep breath, cough, or flow around. The discomfort is in lots of situations extra suitable in case you're taking shallow breaths or lie on the element that hurts. Chest discomfort is what in lots of situations reasons those with pleurisy to seek for scientific interest yet regardless he ought to be sure flow to the physician to rule out any underlying illness. Pleurisy-The pleura that lines the interior the chest is pronounced as the parietal pleura. The pleura that covers the lungs is pronounced as the visceral pleura. while you're wholesome, the pleura is separated with the aid of a skinny layer of fluid. This shall we the lungs strengthen and settlement actual during respiratory. The inflammation that takes place with pleurisy would reason discomfort with respiratory and may even reason a large number of fluid to assemble contained in the pleural sac. Pleurisy can flow away with the aid of itself or worsen so as that fluid must be drained from around the lungs. some human beings advance scar tissue pronounced as adhesions while they have pleurisy. They then have persistent discomfort or shortness of breath. Collapsed Lung- refers to a situation wherein the area between the wall of the chest hollow area and the lung itself fills with air, inflicting all or an element of the lung to break down. Air in lots of situations enters this area, pronounced as the pleural area, by way of an injury to the chest wall or a hollow contained in the lung. This consequence is pronounced as a pneumothorax.

I have had this too. I had pleurectomy about 4 years ago for repeated SPs. When I get this, I take it easy for a day or two and take ibuprofin every 6 hrs (400mg). My theory when mine gets like that is that my lung had a bleb pop, but the pleurectomy is working and is holding the lung up.

I also like to put a heating pad on that side on my back (mine always ached under my shoulder blade.)

Etiology, Treatment and Surgical Indications of Non-Tuberculous, Non-Traumatic Spontaneous Pneumothorax link below

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Although primary spontaneous pneumothorax, by definition, occurs in patients without a precipitating event or underlying lung disease, most of these patients have a variety of emphysematous lesions detected by computed tomography of the chest or during thoracoscopic surgery (4).

The pathogenesis of these blebs has been attributed to inflammation of bronchioles and cigarette smoking. In fact, the risk of having the lesions increases with increasing numbers of cigarettes smoked (5). Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is most common in tall, thin men in the third decade of life. Whether or not sex and body habitus have an impact on the development of subpleural blebs is unclear. http://www.arabmedmag.com/issue-31-08-2006/pneumol...

hmm- can you breathe ok? doesn't feel tight or wheezy?

it's hard to say without knowing more about what causes your lungs to have these problems, but i've had collapsed lungs too (felt like there was ice water in my veins, but not really PAIN).

could be infection- fever? doesn't sound like embolism.

given your history i'd call the doc. just tell the nurse the story, see what they say

are you sure you don't have pleurisy, that is a very painful lung infection. It also comes with fevers.