has anyone experienced/know anyone who's had air leaking from their lungs into their chest cavity?

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What you are describing is called a pneumothorax, which is air in the space between the lung and you inner chest wall, causing the lung to collapse.
It can happen several ways. One way is as a result of chest trauma, such as a stabbing or the chest striking the wheel in a car accident. Another way is from the rupture of an emphysematous bleb on the surface of the lung (a large bulla resulting from a diseased lung-emphysema) or from an invasive procedure done at a hospital, like insertion of a special IV line.
A pneumo can also occur without an obvious cause, this usually occurs in tall slender people in their late teens or early 20's. However, there is evidence that suggest that cigarette smoking increases the likelihood of a primary spontaneous pneumothorax.

I see that often in a hospital. The person will require a chest tube for drainage of fluid or air.

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