Thread:KJ8/@comment-29694704-20160908231606/@comment-29694704-20160910155539

Googled "spontaneous thoracic pneumothorax". To use a Neo phrase: My head is spinning. Will be interesting to see what the blockage turns out to be. I had a crazy hiney thought. Keeping it to myself. Based on sequence of events and symptoms it would appear that the STP, stop smoking, caughing are not related events ... ie one brought on the other...but seperate events affecting one organ.

I googled "can continuous coughing cause heartburn". When you first mentioned this last week, I thought, yea right. Turns out that it is possible in the reverse. Heartburn can cause a caugh.

"Acid reflux is a sign that the sphincter valve at the lower end of the oesophagus is not working properly."

I would imagine the gastroenterology doctor determined if your sphincter is working properly or not.???