Quote from auntiebiotics on 8 November 2020, 8:46 pm
At present I am recovering from a punctured lung
Like the inner tube of bicycle or car tyre, damage to the lungs can lead to a puncture. As air leaks out, it builds up in the cavity between the lung and chest wall, causing the lung to collapse. Known as a pneumothorax, this condition typically affects very tall young men or older patients with severe underlying lung disease.
During the pandemic, a team at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust, observed several patients with Covid-19 who had developed punctured lungs, even though they did not fall into either of these two categories.
“We started to see patients affected by a punctured lung, even among those who were not put on a ventilator,” says Professor Stefan Marciniak from the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. “To see if this was a real association, I put a call out to respiratory colleagues across the UK via Twitter.
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/news/punctured-lung-affects-almost-one-hundred-hospitalised-covid-19-patients/
At present I am recovering from a punctured lung
Like the inner tube of bicycle or car tyre, damage to the lungs can lead to a puncture. As air leaks out, it builds up in the cavity between the lung and chest wall, causing the lung to collapse. Known as a pneumothorax, this condition typically affects very tall young men or older patients with severe underlying lung disease.
During the pandemic, a team at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust, observed several patients with Covid-19 who had developed punctured lungs, even though they did not fall into either of these two categories.
“We started to see patients affected by a punctured lung, even among those who were not put on a ventilator,” says Professor Stefan Marciniak from the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. “To see if this was a real association, I put a call out to respiratory colleagues across the UK via Twitter.
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/news/punctured-lung-affects-almost-one-hundred-hospitalised-covid-19-patients/
Its not the cough that carries you off.... Its the coffin they carry you off in
