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My friend says she has boops, but it does not show up anywhere I research it

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February 2 4:49 PM (1 hour and 5 minutes and 41 seconds later)
         
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Suggest you ask your friend to clarify what she means and ask her for her symptoms. Then research the symptoms.
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February 2 6:58 PM (2 hours and 8 minutes and 52 seconds later)
         
Reply to Micci Alderman's Post: She just had lung surgery and she told me before she had the surgery that when she googled boops she got a lot of information.

They had to colaspe her lung or lungs to get to something related to boops diesease or disorder or illness
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February 2 7:15 PM (17 minutes and 14 seconds later)
         
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Good evening,

BOOP is an inflammation of the lungs. It stands for:

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia

It presents like the flu, and then is diagnosed with chest xrays. Several lung diseases can mimic it, so it is hard to diagnose. Usually a lung specialist makes the diagnosis, and then the family doctor will monitor and treat. It occasionally goes away on its own, but most of the time it is treated with corticosteroids. The cause is usually idiopathic (or unknown), but sometimes it is from a virus, bacteria, cocaine, or certain meds like cancer treatment meds or heart meds.

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