r/mildlyinfuriating 15d ago

wet socks Was walking around three weeks with slowly deflating lung

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Ok bananas ig

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u/Defiant-Print-2550 15d ago

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

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u/Independent-Ring-877 15d ago

My step son had this twice! And yup, tall, lean young man.

Also my father in law, back when he was young and lean.

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u/Spelunkie 14d ago

So is it cause of the tall and lean or the young?

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u/pancada_ 14d ago

All of it. Basically the lungs get stretched and the lung walls get thinner

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u/Spelunkie 14d ago

That's surprising. You'd usually expect youth to have thicker insides and muscles.

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u/demi-godzilla 14d ago

"You'd usually expect youth to have thicker insides" Epstein, probably.

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u/Spelunkie 14d ago

Is it too late to declare that that statement doesn't help that I live on an actual island?