A young person with a pneumothorax does not have to be affected for the rest of this life. A young person with a pneumothorax can usually be cured with timely and effective treatment. However, if treatment is delayed and the pneumothorax develops leading to complications and other irreversible damage to lung tissue, it may affect the young person for the rest of his or her life. If a young person has a pneumothorax, he or she should go to the hospital in time to receive professional treatment, such as thoracentesis and aspiration, closed chest drainage, open chest surgery or endobronchial sealing. For young people in particular who do not have other underlying diseases, the prognosis is usually good and will not affect their quality of life or years of survival. If a young person with pneumothorax fails to control the condition and the disease progresses, complications such as pyothorax, hemopneumothorax, and mediastinal pneumothorax with subcutaneous emphysema occur, causing irreversible damage to the lung tissues, which may affect the young person’s normal life and work for the rest of his or her life. When a young person has a pneumothorax, he or she should go to the hospital in time to seek professional medical help. Don’t believe in the wrong prescription, private treatment and delay the condition.