On the list of embarrassing things that can land you in the E.R., this is up there . . .     A middle-aged man in central China recently showed up at the hospital with a bad cough that wouldn’t go away.  He said he’d tried cough syrup, but it didn’t help.  His eyes were also bloodshot.     So they did some scans and found a MASS in his lower right lung.  But it wasn’t cancer.  It turned out he had a serious fungal infection in his lungs . . . that he got from sniffing his own DIRTY SOCKS.     He admitted he’d gotten into the habit of smelling his socks after work, right before he tossed them in the laundry.  So, it essentially sounds like ATHLETE’S LUNG.  But technically, it was a different type of fungus.     They tested his socks and found the same fungus he had in his lungs.  Luckily, he responded to anti-fungal meds, and he’s okay.     (Daily Mail / Oddity Central via Wise Brother Media) ...read more read less