... Blebs are like ruptured air sacs in your lungs, that release air into the pleural space, causing a collapsed lung. ... (10 replies)
... I am julie,36, mom of two kids, non smoker or drinker, have ulcerative colitis, never worked by asbestos, chemicals, or smoke. No one in family smokes. I had pneumonia a lot when I was a child. About 2 years back I had xrays done and they said it looked like bronchitis. It never really went away. ... (2 replies)
... Yeah I have that too!!!! I only get it occasionally and its really sharp when i breath in. I only just started getting it like a month ago. its probably nothing right? ... (10 replies)
... Every once in a while I get pains in my chest and then they disappear. There always on my right side. Well lately I've had the same chest pain for about a week now. It hurts to lay down on my side. I can only sleep on my chest or on my back, and it still hurts a little. ... (2 replies)
... mths I have been experiencing pain in my upper right side of my back and radiates to my shoulder. when I breath. Especially deep breaths. ... (0 replies)
... I began having severe pain in my lungs in May. I went to my GP who sent me to a pulmonary specialist. He diagnosed Acid Reflux disease. He said I was aspirating acid into my lungs. ... (2 replies)
... The surgery is pretty significant yes that I can say. I had a "open thoracotomy" which they went in through the back to get to it. About 10" incision following the line of my shoulder blade. I did have surgery at a Major Medical facility, and was in the hospital for 5 days. ... (16 replies)
... I started having pain that was dull in natural and very discomfortable in my rib cage on the side of my body. The pain is consistant and has moved to my back and is more intense. It's located in middle of my back in my rib cage on the right side. ... (0 replies)
... For over a year now, I have had pain and discomfort in my lower right lung area. Last September, I had a CT scan and nothing showed abnormal. I went to another doctor for a second opinion and he thought it was muscle spasms. So I took a month long dose of NSAIDs. ... (0 replies)
... Hi all! I am an army wife and our ER here isn't the greatest! ... (6 replies)
... Hello! I was coughing up a bunch of green and yellow sputnum and took 7 days of Zpack which seemed to clear up the problem. However, a week later now, and I cough up small amounts of green sputnum and today my right side of my chest has just started to ache moderately. ... (0 replies)
... The last few days, I've had a pain on my upper right side, in the front, below my shoulder but above my breast, and towards the center a bit. How confusing is that? ... (12 replies)
... I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia 6 weeks ago and given two rounds of antibiotics. ... (3 replies)
... Less then a week ago, I was swimming in a pool. Somebody decided to through someone into the pool and I happened to be where that person landed. Most of the impact connected on the upper right side of my back. It really really hurt. ... (4 replies)
... Hello all! I've recently had a pleurodesis procedure done on my left lung, and I'm slowly but surely getting back up to speed with my life. ... (0 replies)
... Ray and found nothing out of the ordinary, which was a relief, but still kind of disconcerting. ... (0 replies)
... my son lung collopsed on his left side he had severe pain in his chest and left arm for over a year bought him 7 times to the doc. ... (1 replies)
... For the past 5 months I have experienced varying degrees of pain under my right shoulder blade. It was assumed it was a muscular injury, and I was sent to PT. The problem seemed to be easing. August 28th, I started with a sore throat. ... (0 replies)
... registered here because I'd like to get an idea of what the heck's going on with me. Now, I know it's best to see a doctor, but the financial situation is tough right now, and it doesn't seem so bad that I'd need immediate medical attention. Not yet, anyway.. ... (0 replies)
... First off, I'm a fairly healthy 23 yo male, normal weight and height. Have seasonal asthma, and allergies, had some GERD issues before too. ... (0 replies)