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A man in Chongqing, China, is used to smelling his socks after taking them off. Unexpectedly, this led to a fungal infection in his lungs, which was so serious that he had to go to the hospital for treatment.
According to the Health Times, the man is an ordinary office worker who recently went to the Southwest Hospital of the Army Medical University for treatment due to persistent coughing. The deputy chief physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine said that the man's cough was getting worse and worse, and he coughed to the point of insomnia at night, and even had bloodshot eyes. Although he took cough syrup on his own, the symptoms did not ease.
The attending physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine revealed that CT and MRI examinations found that the man had plaque shadows in his right lower lung and formed cavities. Further bronchoscopy examination confirmed that he had a pulmonary Aspergillus infection, a fungal lung disease.
When the doctor asked about his medical history, the man mentioned that he was used to smelling his socks after taking them off. After the doctor discovered this detail, he immediately took samples of his socks for testing, and aspergillus was indeed detected, proving that the socks were the source of the man's illness.
The man then received medication, nebulization and other treatments, and his symptoms gradually eased before he was discharged from the hospital.
The doctor explained that socks will retain sweat, salt and urea after being worn for a long time, forming a warm and humid environment in the shoes, which is suitable for fungal reproduction. If a person inhales vigorously while smelling the socks, the fungus can enter the respiratory tract through the mouth or nose, and people with low immunity may develop fungal pneumonia.
