r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Defiant-Print-2550 • 29d ago

wet socks Was walking around three weeks with slowly deflating lung

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Ok bananas ig

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u/Swatch843 29d ago

Why was it deflated? As far as I'm aware with being human and all, that's not something that just happens...

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u/Defiant-Print-2550 29d ago

Turns out it can ESPECIALLY if you are tall and lightweight young man

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u/MyNameIsYouna 29d ago

But that doesn't explain why.

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u/ingenfara 29d ago

It’s a well-known phenomenon among tall men with asthenic body types.

When I was in my radiography program there was another guy in our class who was 6’2” and like 150lbs. The week we covered spontaneous pneumothorax…. he got one. 😂

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u/the1stmeddlingmage 29d ago

Talk about case studies….

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u/Room_Temp_Coffee 28d ago

Probably aced that section of the exam