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Article created by: Indrė Lukošiūtė

Most of us agree that health is our most cherished treasure. Medicine has come a long way in the 21st century alone. We have advanced machines that doctors use for surgery, successful organ transplants, better cancer treatments, and improved plastic surgeries. Some medical procedures are so astounding that we call them "medical wonders."

The subreddit r/medizzy has 363k members who share incredible medical cases that might surprise even experts. From rare conditions that make you wonder what's possible to surgeries that show how amazing modern medicine is, this is a place to learn about the human body and the challenges doctors face. Take a journey through these enlightening, inspiring, and at times astonishing posts from the group. It's all about medicine here!

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#1

James Harrison The "Man With The Golden Arm"

Man who donated rare blood antigen 1,000 times, saving millions, featured in bizarre and inspiring medical cases community.

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    Differences In Muscle Mass

    MRI scans comparing muscle and adipose tissue in triathletes and a sedentary man, highlighting bizarre and inspiring medical cases.

    This study looked at how exercise can preserve muscle mass. Here they compare a 74-year old sedentary man and a 70-year old triathlete, and the difference in fat and muscle tissue is extreme

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    #3

    3 Parasitical Twins In The Skull Of A 2 Month Old

    X-ray images showing a bizarre and inspiring medical case with unusual skeletal formation in the skull and body.

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    #4

    Before And After Surgery For Craniofacial Duplication

    Close-up images of a baby with a rare medical condition showing unique facial features and healing progress.

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    #5

    The Difference After Jaw Surgery And Rhinoplasty Made On This Woman

    Before and after photos showing inspiring medical cases of facial reconstruction shared on an online community.

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    #6

    This Is How Purified DNA Strands Look In A Test Tube!

    Gloved hand holding a test tube with a mysterious substance, highlighting bizarre and inspiring medical cases.

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    #7

    The Pediatric Iron Lung, 1940s

    Vintage medical case showing two nurses operating an early infant incubator in a hospital setting.

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    #8

    Completely White Gums! A 48-Year-Old Woman Went To The Hospital Complaining Of Fatigue And Painful, Swollen Gums That Were All White

    Close-up of a mouth with frothy saliva and a medical swab, part of bizarre and inspiring medical cases shared online.

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    #9

    X-Ray Of A Patient Who Had A Long History Of Chewing And Gnawing Their Fingers To The Bone

    X-ray image showing bizarre and inspiring medical cases with unique bone deformities in both hands.

    This resulted in severe bacterial infections which had to be treated with multiple amputations amputations

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    #10

    When A Nurse Lets You And Your Partner Know That The Patient You Transported A Month Ago Did Not Just Have A Small Cut On His Back

    X-ray image showing a foreign object lodged in the spine from a bizarre medical case shared online.

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    #11

    Got In A Wreck And Messed My Eye Up And Had To Do Some Sort Of Procedure And I Looked Pretty Cool

    Person's eye glowing under blue light during a bizarre and inspiring medical case shared online community.

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    #12

    This Is How Great Surgery Has Evolved! Here You Can See The Result Of An Underbite Surgery And Jaw Positioning Correction

    Profile and dental images showing orthodontic treatment progress in a bizarre and inspiring medical case shared online.

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    #13

    Testing Davinci Surgical Robot On Operation Game

    Robotic surgical system practicing precision skills on a toy in a medical training room for bizarre medical cases.

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    #14

    Incredible Photograph Of The Heart Strings Inside The Heart

    Close-up of a bizarre and inspiring medical case showing glowing tissue illuminated in a dark environment.

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    #15

    This Is What Constipation After 19 Days Looks Like

    X-ray image showing a bizarre medical case of an abnormally twisted large intestine in the abdominal cavity.

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    #16

    It Is Fortunately Not A Craniofacial Trauma, It's A Photo Distorsion Caused By A Patient Moving In The Middle Of A CT Scan Due To A Panic Attack As A Result Of Having Claustrophobia

    X-ray image showing a bizarre and inspiring medical case of an unusual head and neck formation.

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    #17

    Men Arrived To ICU By His Own, In Taxi

    X-ray image showing a bizarre medical case with abnormal bone structure in the skull and neck region.

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    #18

    Parasites In A Boy Who Ate Raw Pork Meat For 10 Years

    MRI scans showing unusual muscle patterns in legs from bizarre and inspiring medical cases shared online.

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    Lil be lil
    Lil be lil
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What am I looking at lungs or legs or what?????!!

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    #19

    My Husband Suffers Frequent Kidney Stones. He Just Passed This Nightmarish Thing

    Small irregular medical specimen placed next to a ruler for scale in bizarre and inspiring medical cases.

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    #20

    Triphalangeal Thumb (TPT) Is A Congenitalmalformation Where The Thumb Has Three Phalanges Instead Of Two

    Hands showing a rare medical condition with an unusual thumb on one hand, highlighting bizarre medical cases shared online.

    The extra phalangeal bone can vary in size from that of a small pebble to a size comparable to the phalanges in non-thumb digits.

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    #21

    Head Of A Needle Under A Microscope

    Close-up comparison of a blade before use and after multiple uses, illustrating wear in bizarre medical cases shared online.

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    #22

    Raynaud's Phenomenon. It Is A Medical Condition In Which Spasm Of Arteries Cause Episodes Of Reduced Blood Flow

    Close-up of hand showing unusual discoloration on thumb, highlighting a bizarre and inspiring medical case shared online.

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    #23

    Neobladder Stone

    CT scans showing an unusual medical condition with a large bladder stone removed, highlighting bizarre and inspiring medical cases.

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