r/whatisit • u/AmoebaSuccessful3393 • 6h ago

New, what is it? What are these little plastic things i have found in my sons room

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I have found a few of these little plastic things scattered around my 15 year old sons room, and was wondering what they are?

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u/Koala-Available 6h ago

Myself, my son and my brother have had 5 collapsed lungs and 5 pleurodesis operations as a result of what we know assume is a genetic propensity to such blebs

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u/the_baberuthless 5h ago

Im really sorry they gave such a serious condition an incredibly silly name 

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u/eyesRus 3h ago

A bleb is really just any air- or fluid-filled protrusion, not just on the lungs. They are not usually serious at all, outside of the lungs. In fact, sometimes we create them on purpose in the eyecare world!

But you’re right, it is a silly-sounding word!

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u/CricketsAreJaded 5h ago

My husband and FIL have blebs too. Never seen another family who had them also.