
Originally Posted by
firenwire
If there was no type of injury or trauma, it sounds like a spontainious pnuemothorax that developed into a tension pnuemothorax. Usually the patient just gets a couple of chest tubes for 2 - 3 days and go on about thier lives.
This is most common in tall thin white males. But can happen to anyone. Usually ICU admission will be for resp. monitoring or support. So either he is on a vent or they are waiting for the weaken area to repair itself. Surgical repair is usually a last ditch option (Never seen it done in 5+ years)
I doubt its related to gear, and chances are they don't care what his Test count is. But I know more about the pnuemothoraxs than I do AAS.
GL bro
FnW