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/throw7694728 5h ago

It says there's no known cause but tall, young and thin men/teenagers are at higher risk

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u/Obant 3h ago

Yessss for once being an old fat man has benefits.

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u/-Kerosun- 4h ago

Is that for the collapsed lung? Because yeah, tall, thin young men are at much higher risk of it spontaneously happening, but does that also apply to the "bleps"?

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u/throw7694728 3h ago

It applies to the bleps. Collapsed lung can be a result of the bleps, but I read that the bleps themselves are more prevalent in tall thin men.

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u/-Kerosun- 3h ago

Thanks!

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u/throw7694728 3h ago

Someone ask another question I like saying Blep

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u/gotuptooearly 5h ago

That's interesting. I'm a thin woman, but that's still a bit of a difference in body composition there.

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u/DanishDennis 5h ago

It happened to me, didn't vape but smoked prior. I think it happened because I did a huge jump on MTB the day before, and something might have popped. Doctor told me it basically only happens to men, and as the other user said, usually tall and skinny men.

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u/gotuptooearly 5h ago

That's so weird! Now that I'm reading more comments, I vaguely remember driving my younger sister to the hospital when she was in highschool to visit a friend who had something pop in his lungs 

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u/DanishDennis 5h ago

Yeah it's pretty common - the nurse that saw me was pretty much the expert in those kind of cases. I think the bad cases are just extremely rare. But collapsed lungs are like one of the most common bicycle injury it's actually insane.

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u/throw7694728 5h ago

It doesn't mean you can't get them but since you've quit vaping you're probably fine. I vape like a fiend and want to quit so bad, looking into this just made me want to quit even more

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u/gotuptooearly 5h ago

Idk from what other people are linking it seems like it's only men, and vaping causes complications with it and not the thing itself?

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u/throw7694728 5h ago

It's not only men, men are just at higher risk. The same way that women are at higher risk for breast cancer but men can still get it

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u/gotuptooearly 5h ago

Ok ok, unlikely. I don't think I'm getting it as a woman in her 40s lol. So for the comments at the start of this thread saying a blanket "vaping causes this thing" I don't think it does.

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u/Agitated-One4841 5h ago

My cousin had one years ago when she was about 17, so it definitely happens women. The doctor at the time told her it happens men more often because they tend to be taller. I'm almost certain she was told that it's not the being tall itself that does it, it's how quickly of a growth spurt you have in adolescence. 

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u/NobodyKnowsImFamous 4h ago

Wonder if it’s connective tissue related?

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u/throw7694728 4h ago

I read that yes, having connective tissue disorders can predispose you to bleps. If anyone else has more questions, I'm the Reddit research guy today