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[–]magnora7 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

It's a real disease, it's just incredibly over-exaggerated to scare everyone

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

https://www.healthline.com/health/radiation-pneumonitis#symptoms

What Is Radiation Pneumonitis and How Is It Treated?

What are the symptoms?

The main symptoms of radiation pneumonitis include:

  • shortness of breath
  • dry cough
  • feeling of fullness in your chest
  • flu-like symptoms

These symptoms are very similar to those of both pneumonia and lung cancer. In addition, radiation therapy can cause similar side effects, even in people who don’t develop radiation pneumonitis. As a result, many people ignore these symptoms and don’t get treatment.

If you’ve undergone radiation therapy within the last few months and notice these symptoms, tell your doctor as soon as possible.

What are the complications?

(Long Covid?)

Radiation pneumonitis can have some lasting effects, especially in more severe cases that aren’t treated. Over time, it can develop into radiation fibrosis if your symptoms don’t improve. This refers to permanent scarring of your lung tissue. It usually starts to happen 6 to 12 months after radiation treatment, but it can take as long as 2 years to fully develop.

The symptoms of radiation fibrosis are similar to those of pneumonitis, but they’re usually more severe. If you have radiation pneumonitis that feels like it’s getting worse, your doctor may check for signs of fibrosis.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If you have to work this hard to prove a theory, perhaps there is a problem with the theory?

[–]Minedwe 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah bro, Gravity is obviously bullshit. As is physics. You can't just flap your arms and fly to space, so it MUST be fake!

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Totally. Fuck gravity.