What should I do if the right side of the chest collapses?

Right chest collapse is usually a hereditary disease. Some babies are born with right chest collapse. This is a congenital malformation of the baby. For this problem, the patient must be taken to the hospital for a detailed examination, including X-ray heart examination and CT examination, etc., to see the severity of the disease, and then take correct treatment measures based on the patient's age. The correct coping methods are introduced below.

What should I do if the right side of the chest collapses?

Confusing symptoms of chest collapse on one side

Other chest abnormalities:

① Flat chest: The thorax is flat, and the anterior-posterior diameter is less than half of the left-right diameter; the inclination of the ribs increases, the subcostal margin is lower, and the upper abdominal angle is acute; the neck is slender, the clavicle is prominent, and the supraclavicular and infraclavicular fossae are concave and obvious; it is more common in people with slender body types, and can also be seen in chronic wasting diseases such as tuberculosis.

② Barrel chest: the anterior-posterior diameter is equal to or greater than the left-right diameter, and it is barrel-shaped; the inclination of the ribs decreases and is almost horizontal, the intercostal spaces are widened and sometimes full; the supraclavicular and infraclavicular fossae are flattened or protruding, the neck is short and the shoulders are high; the upper abdominal angle is enlarged and becomes an obtuse angle; it is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema and bronchial asthma attacks, caused by overinflation of the lungs and increase in lung volume; it can also be seen in some elderly people and short and fat people.

③ Rickets chest; also known as pigeon chest, is a chest change caused by rickets, more common in children. The characteristics of the sternum are that the lower part of the sternum is significantly convex, the ribs on both sides are sunken, the anterior-posterior diameter of the thorax is enlarged and the left-right diameter is reduced, and the upper and lower diameters of the thorax are shorter, which is named after its shape resembling a chicken breast; sometimes the junction of the ribs and costal cartilages is thickened and raised in the shape of beads, which are arranged in the shape of beads on both sides of the sternum, called rickets beads; the costal cartilage at the attachment of the diaphragm in the lower part of the anterior chest may be sunken inward due to long-term traction of the diaphragm, while the lower rib margin is turned outward to form a horizontal deep groove, called the costophrenic groove; if the xiphoid process of the sternum is significantly sunken, sometimes it will also be sunken together with the attached costal cartilage, shaped like a funnel, which is called excavatum.

④ One-sided chest bulging is often accompanied by widening of the intercostal space. If there is also limited respiratory movement, and the trachea and heart shift to the healthy side, it is seen in one-sided large pleural effusion, pneumothorax, hydropneumothorax, huge intrathoracic tumors, etc.; localized chest wall bulging is seen in cardiac hypertrophy, large pericardial effusion, aortic aneurysm, intrathoracic or chest wall tumors, chest wall inflammation, subcutaneous emphysema, etc.

⑤ Chest deformation caused by spinal deformity: Lordosis mostly occurs in the lumbar spine and has no effect on the shape of the chest; kyphosis (hunchback) mostly occurs in the thoracic spine, the thoracic spine bulges backward, the upper and lower diameters of the chest are shortened, the ribs are close together, and the sternum is pulled inward. It is common in thoracic tuberculosis, the elderly, and those with osteomalacia; in scoliosis, the shoulder on the convex side is higher, the intercostal space widens, and the intercostal space on the opposite side becomes narrower. It is seen in people with thoracic spine diseases, long-term incorrect posture or developmental deformities.

The clinical manifestations vary depending on the primary disease. The trachea moves to the affected side, the chest cavity on the affected side becomes smaller, and scoliosis on the healthy side of the spine is common.