It seemed to crop up in connection with later bog bodies too , along with disproportionate limbs ,extra vestigial thumbs etc .
Irregularities in enamel growth on teeth indicates periods of malnutrition which also seems to crop up throughout Europe .
Not often we get the chance to examine soft tissue /organs but oetzi's lungs had large areas of scarred lung tissue associated with inhalation of smoke particles , this must have been the norm ,unless of course he was a heavy smoker .