But Teixeira isn't the only one who sounds like he's hacking up a lung.
It seems that Americans would prefer to give up a lung than their mobile phone!
It took three more tests, including a lung-tissue biopsy, to nail it down as TB.
He spent 18 days in hospital in December undergoing treatment for a lung infection and gallstones.
When he was a teenager, he had an infection that meant he had a lung removed.
She also began trialling the mobile phone technology, which comes attached to a lung function monitor.
Mr Mandela spent 18 days in hospital in December, undergoing treatment for a lung infection and gallstones.
When he went to a hospital, doctors found he had a clot in a lung, she said.
Or, in a title for medicine, you can see interactive charts of, say, a heart or a lung.
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At that time, he was treated for a lung infection and had a surgical procedure to remove gallstones.
Mandela was hospitalized for a lung infection in early December and a week later underwent surgery to remove gallstones.
There are worries about Dr Mahathir's health after he was admitted to hospital last week with a lung infection.
Isis landed its first deal in 1990, with Ciba-Geigy (now part of Novartis), to develop a lung cancer drug.
That made Elizabeth's stuttering father George king, and Elizabeth became queen when he died aged 56 following a lung operation.
He was hospitalized for a lung infection on December 8, and on December 15, he underwent surgery for removal of gallstones.
The bullet which struck Charlene, when 19 shots were fired at her home, broke several of her ribs and punctured a lung.
In December he was treated for a lung infection and gallstones - his longest period in hospital since leaving prison in 1990.
Mr Mould suffered a punctured a lung, severe crush injuries to his pelvis, three fractured ribs and a broken ankle and thumb.
"I'm moderately optimistic it will succeed, " says Dr. Giuseppe Giaccone, a lung cancer expert at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md.
Two years ago, Inspire Pharmaceuticals wanted to start testing a lung-clearing compound.
Bill has a lung condition that impedes his mobility, making the prospect of being trapped in a smoke-filled home all the more frightening.
Nelson Mandela is breathing without difficulty, South Africa's presidency has said, as he spends a third day in hospital with a lung infection.
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Last December Mr Mandela was treated for a lung infection and gallstones - his longest period in hospital since leaving prison in 1990.
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Mandela, 94, has undergone treatment for the ailment before, including a Christmas hospital stay last year for gallstones surgery and a lung infection.
It is being widely reported that Pope Francis, born in Argentina in 1936, had a lung removed when he was a teenager.
Verne Wisby, 68, suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung disease linked to smoking that can cause respiratory infections and breathing trouble.
He was admitted to hospital in the South African capital, Pretoria, two weeks ago and has been treated for a lung infection and gallstones.
In January, Mandela completed his recovery from a lung infection and gallstone surgery and gradually returned to his normal routine, officials said at the time.
He has become increasingly frail over the years and has been hospitalized three times in the past five months, most recently for a lung infection in March.
As we leave the city limits, we drive through a wide girdle of forest, planted as a green belt designed to be both a lung and a windbreak.
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