It’s not an unknown fact to not sniff your smelly socks because it’s gross and unhealthy but this man in China did completely opposite and as a result, he developed a severe fungal infection in his lungs from sniffing his own ‘smelly socks’.
In reports are to be believed, the unnamed man from South-China’s Fujian province would regularly take off his ‘smelly socks’ after work and sniff them for several minutes.
The man caught an infection that had developed due to the fungus in his footwear and it was spread to his lungs after he began sniffing the socks.
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After getting admitted in the hospital, an x-ray confirmed the lung infection and doctor advised the man to begin treatment quickly.
The doctors confirmed the infection was caused by frequent sniffing of dirty socks.