Brisbane: A woman in Australia awoke in the middle of the night to discover a 2.5 metre long python curled up on her chest.

The late-night encounter highlights how easily large snakes can slip into suburban Australian homes during warmer months.

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Susan Russell, MD, is a board-certified pulmonologist and Medical Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) for Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Medical ICU. Muscle strain commonly causes chest ...