Man’s severe cough is first sign of horror fungal lung infection from sniffing his own smelly socks

A MAN’S peculiar habit of sniffing his dirty socks after wearing them landed him in hospital, as he developed a fungal lung infection.

The first sign of the nasty lung condition was a severe cough he just couldn’t seem to budge.

Southwest Hospital of the Army Medical UniversityA man developed a severe cough which turned out to be a fungal lung infection[/caption] GettyHe had a habit of smelling his funky socks[/caption]

The man, from Chongqing in southwestern China...