This man's lung condition went undiagnosed for 65 years. Here's how doctors figured it out. - The Daily Briefing This man's lung condition went undiagnosed for 65 years. Here's how doctors figured it out. - The Daily Briefing Posted: 18 Feb 2020 12:00 AM PST For most of his life, doctors told this man he had a rare case of asthma. But at age 65, the man's wheezing and relentless cough led a friend to do some digging—and a group of doctors finally discovered the man's rare condition, Lisa Sanders reports for the New York Times Magazine . A medical 'mystery' One day, in a town outside Philadelphia, the patient was walking to his car when he started "gasping for air," Sanders writes. "He could hear his breath: ragged, wheezy and fast, interrupted by a relentless cough," she notes. The man collapsed in his car, but after concentrating on his breathing for a few minutes, h...