What is hydropneumothorax? Four reasons to pay attention to

Hydropneumothorax is a type of pneumothorax. Clinically, when people find out that they have hydropneumothorax, they will look for and understand the cause of the disease so that they can receive timely treatment. So, what is hydropneumothorax?

1. Traumatic pneumothorax:

Various common chest injuries include sharp stab wounds, gunshot penetrating wounds, dislocated rib fractures, lung punctures, and lung injuries during diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures, such as acupuncture puncture lung biopsy, artificial pneumothorax, etc.

2. Secondary pneumothorax:

It is caused by bronchopulmonary disease breaking into the chest cavity and forming pneumothorax. Such as obstructive pulmonary diseases caused by chronic bronchitis, pneumoconiosis, bronchial asthma, pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, honeycomb lung and bronchial lung cancer, alveolar emphysema and bullae caused by partial airway obstruction, as well as suppurative pneumonia close to the pleura, tuberculous cavities of lung abscesses, pulmonary fungal disease, congenital lung cysts, etc.

3. Idiopathic pneumothorax:

It refers to the presence of bullae under the pleura in a person who has no history of respiratory disease. Once bullae rupture and form pneumothorax, it is called idiopathic pneumothorax, which is more common in young and middle-aged men with a slender body shape.

4. Chronic pneumothorax:

Refers to pneumothorax that has not fully expanded after 2 months. The causes are: pneumothorax caused by encapsulated fluid that is difficult to absorb, pneumothorax caused by bronchopleural fistula bullae or congenital bronchogenic cysts that are difficult to heal, and airway obstruction connected to the pneumothorax or atrophic lung covered with a thicker mechanical capsule that hinders lung re-expansion.