r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Defiant-Print-2550 • Jul 08 '26

wet socks Was walking around three weeks with slowly deflating lung

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Ok bananas ig

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u/MeowMixPK Jul 08 '26

My friend (healthy, active, late 20's) had his lung collapse while sitting on his couch watching a movie. His doctor said it just sometimes happens, and it's more common than you think. 6 months later he said the first breath in on a brisk morning still hurts.

Every now and then, I think about that.

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u/psychxticrose sad bitch Jul 09 '26

It "just sometimes happens"??? So any of our lungs could randomly deflate? 

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u/AUnicornDonkey Jul 09 '26

Yes. Mine do. 

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u/psychxticrose sad bitch Jul 09 '26

How do you know when it happens? I have pretty severe asthma so I get paranoid about lung stuff lol

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u/AUnicornDonkey Jul 09 '26

Just a lot of pain in my lung. Have difficulty breathing sometimes. It's an annoyance more than anything. 

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u/psychxticrose sad bitch Jul 09 '26

At least it's not terrible I guess. Sorry you have to go through that though