Question

While playing in an intramural football game, joe is tackled so hard that he breaks a rib. he can actually feel a piece of the rib sticking through the skin and he is having a difficult time breathing. joe is probably suffering from?

Answer 1

Joe is probably suffering from pneumothorax. Pneumothorax ("lung breakdown") is lung disease, which occurs due to the accumulation of air in pleural cavity as a result of break in continuity of the lung tissue leaves. There are tree types of pneumothorax: open, closed and tensions (valves).