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My discomfort was so bad, I could not breathe, I could not cough, I could hear a gurgling sound coming from my chest. I had no clue what it was.
It turns out that inhaling smoke deeply (bong) causes small air sacs, called blebs, to rupture and air can enter your chest. Coughing extremely can cause this also. Smokers are at more of a risk. As are people with COPD.
I had a partially collapsed lung, or a simple pneumothorax. I was really short of breath, and could distinctly feel that when I tried to take a full breath, i could not fill a lung up. I also had stabbing pains in my chest when trying to breathe deep.
To fix it. Doc layed me on my side and had me breathe deep with my left arm extended. After a few minutes a felt mt left lung slide/suck down towards myy stomach. The gurgling had stopped and yellow mucus is now coming out by the mouthful.
It turns out that inhaling smoke deeply (bong) causes small air sacs, called blebs, to rupture and air can enter your chest. Coughing extremely can cause this also. Smokers are at more of a risk. As are people with COPD.
I had a partially collapsed lung, or a simple pneumothorax. I was really short of breath, and could distinctly feel that when I tried to take a full breath, i could not fill a lung up. I also had stabbing pains in my chest when trying to breathe deep.
To fix it. Doc layed me on my side and had me breathe deep with my left arm extended. After a few minutes a felt mt left lung slide/suck down towards myy stomach. The gurgling had stopped and yellow mucus is now coming out by the mouthful.