Pea sprouts in man’s lung

Poor Mr. Svenden thought he had cancer and was very uncomfortable. He must be so relieved.  I wish him a speedy recovery. Last year a Russian man had a similar experience with a fir tree sprouting in his lung.

Some have argued “how can seeds sprout without sun?”  I reply, planting a seed for most plants usually means putting them deep into the dirt, where they don’t get sun.

Pea sprouting in man’s lung
Beth Alteri, Producer | August 12, 2010 | /www.wcsh6.com

BREWSTER, Massachusetts (NBC)– A man that thought his coughing was caused by emphysema got quite a shock. Turns out, Ron Sveden had a different problem sprouting in his lungs.

For months, the 75 year old had been coughing and his health was deteriorating. When he went to the doctor’s they were unable to find anything wrong, other than Sveden’s emphysema. An x-ray finally revealed the real problem wasn’t a tumor growing in his lung, but rather a pea sprouting.

Sveden says, “I was told that I had a pea seed in my lung that had split and had sprouted.”

Doctors say Sveden must have swallowed a pea that went down the wrong way. The pea then traveled down into his windpipe, lodged inside his lung and started to root. The seed grew to 1 1/2 inches, eventually causing Sveden’s lung to collapse.

Although Sveden’s case is rare, doctors say the environment inside our lungs is very much like a greenhouse.

Doctors say to just remember to chew your food and you shouldn’t have to worry about eating your vegetables.

Dr. Ron Crystal, Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at New York-Presbyterian says, “We should always be careful about what we eat, and how fast we eat it.”