Woman's rare form of endometriosis made her lung collapse after doctor dismissed symptoms for years

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When Chakia Bradford, 32, first noticed she was short of breath in April of last year, she assumed it was bad allergies. The pollen count was up in her home of Humble, Texas, “so I really didn’t think too much of it,” Bradford, who works in law enforcement, tells TODAY.com. “And then maybe a week...

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