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I was under the impression this was a blister, but the Doctors nurse told me to make an appointment with a pulmonary specialist because I have a hole in my lung. What is a bleb? How can you have a hole in your lung. I do have COPD.
Hi Sondra,
According to the National Jewish Health, Aug 19, 2008:
"Blebs are small collections of air on the pleural surface of the lung that are associated with an increased risk of pneumothorax, which is leakage of air out of the lung into the pleural space. This is not to say that someone with one or a small number of blebs will inevitably, at some time, have a pneumothorax or that physical activity should be limited to any degree, for fear of a pneumothorax. Cysts or bullae are also "collections of air", but located within the substance of the lung. Unless large, they are harmless. Nor is a single bleb, or even several blebs, an indicator of serious lung disease".
I hope this helped,
Margot
Excerpt from: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Respiratory-Disorders/Lung-Bleb/show/596206
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