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How long can someone live with half a lung for?
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Normal life: Someone with half a lung may live a normal life. However, this presumption is based on them not having other illnesses that could change that and what process necessitated them losing half of their lung.
Answered 6/4/2017
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Potentially normal: lifespan. There are many people living with either a lobe removed, or an entire lung removed for various reasons and they have no problems.
Answered 11/27/2017
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