Thursday, March 7, 2019

Athlete's Chest?

A 37 year old man in China was hospitalized after complaining of coughing and chest pain. While being examined by the doctor the man explained he was addicted to smelling his socks after he got home from work which though not an addiction for most people I don't think it is  that unusual,however in this case he had inhaled fungus spores from his socks into his lungs. The man is expected to recover though a fungal lung infection can be fatal if left untreated. Who knew?
A man who had a bizarre habit of sniffing his smelly socks every day has been diagnosed with severe fungal infection in his lungs in Zhangzhou, China's Fujian province (file photo)
The 37-year-old man, surnamed Peng, was was admitted to hospital in Zhangzhou, south-east China's Fujian province when he complained of a cough and chest pains
As a result of constantly sniffing his socks, the patient caught an infection from a fungus that had developed in his footwear and spread to his lungs when he inhaled the spores
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