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arashi_onArashi's Aiba Masaki (28) was hospitalised on the 29th due to spontaneous pneumothorax of the left lung.
On the 28th, he complained of chest pain and went to a Tokyo hospital after filming the NTV show "Arashi ni Shiyagare". He was hospitalised late that night due to a physician's decision. On the 29th, it was diagnosed as a "spontaneous pnemothorax of the left lung" and the expected diagnosis is that he will be hospitalised for a week.
Concert rehearsals on the 30th and July 1st are cancelled, and the progress of his recovery will be monitored.
Source: Yahoo Japan News, Daily Sports
嵐の相葉雅紀（２８）は２９日、左自然気胸で急きょ入院した。
相葉は２８日に胸の痛みを訴え、日本テレビ系「嵐にしやがれ」の収録後に都内の病院にいったところ、医師の判断で深夜に入院。２９日には「左自然気胸」で、一週間程度入院する見込みと診断された。
３０日、さらに７月１日のコンサートリハーサルをキャンセルし、療養して経過をみることになった。
Some information on spontaneous pneumothorax in laymen's terms, for those who have never heard of it:
- Pneumothorax basically refers to air in the pleural space, which is the tiny space between your lungs and the inside of your chest wall.
- It results from the rupture of small subpleural blebs (in other words, air blisters).
- The lung collapses when air enters that space, because what keeps it open and expanding is the tension between the surface of the lung and the chest wall (for a quick and easy analogy, imagine putting a glass on a small puddle of water on your table and moving it about a bit before trying to lift it up-- it would most likely feel like something is tugging at the glass and making it difficult to lift).
- The lung does not collapse entirely.
- Spontaneous pnemothorax mainly occurs in tall, thin men ages 20-40 years without any underlying disease factors. That means there's usually no reason as to why someone would get spontaneous pneumothorax (as suggested by the name itself).
- It is true that people who have had it once have an increased risk of a recurrence; another risk factor is cigarette smoking.
- The week long stay is probably just to keep him in the hospital for observation to see if the air in the pleural space will be absorbed by the blood stream, or try to reinflate the lung by non-surgical means.
- If the lung collapse is greater than 15-25%, they will put a chest tube in to suction the air and any accumulating fluids out. They do sometimes do surgical procedures for recurrent pneumothorax, but as his last case happened in 2002, it might not be of concern enough for them.
These all come from my own lecture notes and general knowledge of what pneumothorax is, but you're more than welcome to research more about it on your own. :)
To sum it up, it's not as bad as it initially sounds, but here's to hoping he'll make a speedy recovery!
FINAL EDIT: We still don't know why the original article links were taken down, but it seems this is true after all, as the morning news are all reporting on the matter. Please see this post for new updates!
On the 28th, he complained of chest pain and went to a Tokyo hospital after filming the NTV show "Arashi ni Shiyagare". He was hospitalised late that night due to a physician's decision. On the 29th, it was diagnosed as a "spontaneous pnemothorax of the left lung" and the expected diagnosis is that he will be hospitalised for a week.
Concert rehearsals on the 30th and July 1st are cancelled, and the progress of his recovery will be monitored.
Source: Yahoo Japan News, Daily Sports
嵐の相葉雅紀（２８）は２９日、左自然気胸で急きょ入院した。
相葉は２８日に胸の痛みを訴え、日本テレビ系「嵐にしやがれ」の収録後に都内の病院にいったところ、医師の判断で深夜に入院。２９日には「左自然気胸」で、一週間程度入院する見込みと診断された。
３０日、さらに７月１日のコンサートリハーサルをキャンセルし、療養して経過をみることになった。
Some information on spontaneous pneumothorax in laymen's terms, for those who have never heard of it:
- Pneumothorax basically refers to air in the pleural space, which is the tiny space between your lungs and the inside of your chest wall.
- It results from the rupture of small subpleural blebs (in other words, air blisters).
- The lung collapses when air enters that space, because what keeps it open and expanding is the tension between the surface of the lung and the chest wall (for a quick and easy analogy, imagine putting a glass on a small puddle of water on your table and moving it about a bit before trying to lift it up-- it would most likely feel like something is tugging at the glass and making it difficult to lift).
- The lung does not collapse entirely.
- Spontaneous pnemothorax mainly occurs in tall, thin men ages 20-40 years without any underlying disease factors. That means there's usually no reason as to why someone would get spontaneous pneumothorax (as suggested by the name itself).
- It is true that people who have had it once have an increased risk of a recurrence; another risk factor is cigarette smoking.
- The week long stay is probably just to keep him in the hospital for observation to see if the air in the pleural space will be absorbed by the blood stream, or try to reinflate the lung by non-surgical means.
- If the lung collapse is greater than 15-25%, they will put a chest tube in to suction the air and any accumulating fluids out. They do sometimes do surgical procedures for recurrent pneumothorax, but as his last case happened in 2002, it might not be of concern enough for them.
These all come from my own lecture notes and general knowledge of what pneumothorax is, but you're more than welcome to research more about it on your own. :)
To sum it up, it's not as bad as it initially sounds, but here's to hoping he'll make a speedy recovery!
FINAL EDIT: We still don't know why the original article links were taken down, but it seems this is true after all, as the morning news are all reporting on the matter. Please see this post for new updates!
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:02 pm (UTC)Let's overcome this together :D I am sending you good vibes and my prays
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:03 pm (UTC)i'm really worried and ur info really helps.
Hope he recovers soon!
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:04 pm (UTC)I pray that he gets well soon! Thank you so much for the notes ^_^
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:04 pm (UTC)btw thanks for the pnuemotorax info:)
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:04 pm (UTC)Hope he will get better soon...
Aiba chan...
Please do take care your self and get well soon, we already missed you dear...
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:05 pm (UTC)Haha your studies coming into work here.
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:05 pm (UTC)I'll be praying that he makes a good recovery!
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:05 pm (UTC)get well soon, aiba-chan ^0^
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:06 pm (UTC)He deserves that one week off for working so hard.
Thanks for sharing this.
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:06 pm (UTC)Get Well Soon Dear Aiba Masaki!!!
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:07 pm (UTC)I'm praying here ....
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:07 pm (UTC)i hope to get well soon!!!!
but this is unfortunately something that will follow him for the rest os his life... :(
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:08 pm (UTC)I want to see your smile, forever
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:10 pm (UTC)Thanks for sharing the news.