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Podcast: High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode: Episode #42 High Truths and Chris's Popped Lung from Pot
Description:
What is a popped lung?  It is called called a pneumothorax and a collapse of a lung – like a popped balloon.
Is a serious and potentially life threatened problem because the lung is not working causing lack of oxygen. Â It can even progress to a tension pneumothorax which is a restriction on the heart preventing it from beating normally.
Chris’s Chest X-ray
 Chris came to the emergency department with chest pain on August 2020, in the midst of a pandemic. He was taken straight to the COVID section of the emergency departm...