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40 Bizarre And Inspiring Medical Cases That People Shared On This Online Community (New Pics)
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"
GoGoPDX 2 years ago (edited)
My mom has a similar story. She had to get 9 units of blood after a placental abruption (when the placenta tears away from the uterus causing uncontrollable bleeding internally) at 25 weeks. She would donate blood whenever she was not able to anymore due to living in Europe for a couple years in the early 80s. The whole Mad Cow disease thing prevented many people in the US from donating blood if they ever lived in Europe. Thankfully that isn't a thing anymore, and I now donate.
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Nilsen 2 years ago
Thank you! I'm Rh-, husband and children are Rh+. I was vaccinated during and after all pregnancies, keeping me healthy and preventing my body from attacking the babies. A hundred years ago one of my great grandmothers lost at least five children to still births and extreme premature births, leading to a deep depression. Untreated rhesus disease is a killer.
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
There are many of us, not just James. I have the same type of blood, so does my mother and my aunt. We give as much as we can because premies. They put a special sticker on the blood they draw from you. James is the trooper though.
Stephanie M Machado 2 years ago
I've heard and read about this story many many times before, and it feels me with great warmth and happiness when I hear about it again. What a kind, selfless, amazing man Mr. Harrison is.
jade s 2 years ago
Is this in America. In UK I'm sure you can't donate if you've had a transfusion in the past.
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
All good things come to an end and Mr. Harrison will one day flee this planet. What then, are there other donors?
Monday 2 years ago (edited)
He's already too old to keep donating, but his condition isn't unique. It is rare, but there are others.
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We're learning about the human body faster than ever before. Back in 1950, it took about 50 years for our medical knowledge to double, but now it only takes 73 days. Still, there's a lot we don't understand about how our bodies work. For example, scientists think there are about 4,000 kinds of bacteria in our gut, but they're not sure what 70% of them do. We're also not certain why we dream, have different blood types, or why each person has unique fingerprints. In 2021, scientists even found a new body part that helps us chew our food.
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#2
Beautiful Double Cleft And Palate Reconstruction
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
Nawww my childhood bffs baby is having this done soon too ❤️ I love the squid smiles (the cleft) that’s what I call her anyways. (They are my fave animal)
#3
Incredible Well Performed Face Transplant
Mathieu Brouwers 2 years ago
No, his life changed. Social and emotional he has to get used to all the changes. It is not his face, his mother will approach him as a stranger in the beginning. Everybody he knows will get used to his new face over time, but every first reunion with friends will need a introduction even if they met on facebook before.
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Stephanie M Machado 2 years ago
Wow! Modern day medicine and surgery have really come such a long way. So very happy for him that everything went well with the face transplant. And what a handsome fellow he is 😊
Cassidy Moore 2 years ago
Wow, I love medicine. The surgical team that did this is truly amazing.
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
There were only guesses that I found on Reddit, but they were good ones. Failed suicide while attempting to shoot himself under the chin with a shotgun is what the assumption is.
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That's why it's not unexpected for doctors to still be puzzled by certain medical mysteries. However, due to the ever-expanding knowledge today, they also continue to solve once perplexing cases. We'll share a couple of stories about medical wonders, or perhaps they could even be described as miracles.
#4
This Is How Great Surgery Has Evolved! Here You Can See The Result Of An Underbite Surgery And Jaw Positioning Correction
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago (edited)
I had my mouth widened before braces, it was painful, so I can’t imagine this, brutal as. But so happy she can feel so good and ‘smile like everyone else’ in photos ❤️
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
She'll be much more comfortable now. My cousin had this surgery, though she wasn't so extreme, but she was told it was likely to get worse as she aged
Monday 2 years ago
Eating will be easier too. I doubt this was just a cosmetic issue, severe over and underbites can make biting and chewing quite the challenge.
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SheHulk 2 years ago
A friends daughter had this done. The painful part was having a section of the lower jaw removed on both sides then having her jaw wired shut for 6 weeks, I think. All liquid diet. Then braces for a couple of years. The results where amazing like this and she didn´t regret anything!
Nefalcon 2 years ago
as someone who has had this surgery (both upper and lower jaw) I can say that it's years in the making, including multiple types of braces from a young age all the way into the 20's. I had 2 surgeries and I was very thankful to be given some strong pain meds. It took it's toll, but I would do it all again, my confidence boosted like a rocket, eating became so much easier - I was so stoked one day that I could leave a curved bite mark in a piece of bread and apple, something others don't think twice about, but it brought me so much joy. Am forever thankful to my surgeons
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
Poor lass! The Hapsburg Jaw is (not always, mind you), primarily the result of, well, “closely-linked-genetics…” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/distinctive-habsburg-jaw-was-likely-result-royal-familys-inbreeding-180973688/
DOD2557 2 years ago
It's because it was a specific trait in the Hapsberg family that got "reinforced" with each generation of royal cousins being married to other royal cousins. It's not a characteristic specifically linked to "closely linked genetics" per se.
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A Gynaecologist Captured A Human Egg Emerging From An Ovary While Performing A Hysterectomy
The image of rarely seen phenomenon of a human egg emerging from the ovary was captured by gynaecologist Jacques Donnez...
Shadow (they/them) 2 years ago
Well! Mind if I eat my way to your fishy center? (OH GODS IM SO SORRY, THERE IS NO REDEMPTION FOR MY SOUL)
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GoGoPDX 2 years ago
This is magnified. The cameras they use when doing these procedures magnifies everything so the surgeon can have better visuals on what they are doing. The Red "bubble" the egg is coming out of is the actual follicle that forms during the begining stages of ovulation. The Follicle then bursts, releasing the egg, and then gets reabsorbed into the ovary. The yellowish colored part the follicle is on is the actual ovary.
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Binky Melnik 2 years ago (edited)
I posted a photo of a cyst on my cervix to my Facebook page (because I find photos of our insides to be extremely interesting, and thought others might, too.) Shortly afterwards, I got a phone call from my dad who’d seen it, and he was livid that I’d post photos of my “genitals” for people to see. 🙄 There was no way I could convince him that I HADN’T posted photos of my genitals. 🙄🙄🙄 (Yes, my father is stupid. There’s no getting around that.)
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Tiki Stanford 2 years ago
Really amazing to see! And like everyone else, now that I've seen it I understand a bit more the painful pinch I felt when ovulating.
Mistiekim 2 years ago
Unless you get the ovaries removed with your hysterectomy, the eggs still get produced. That’s my situation!
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Mimi La Souris 2 years ago (edited)
i didn't get it at first, i was thinking the red thing was an egg *autofacepalm* :D
#6
Before And After Surgery For Craniofacial Duplication
Binky Melnik 2 years ago
Holy c**p! Medicine suuure is remarkable, isn’t it? The things we can do these days boggles the mind, but then when you think where we’ll be in a hundred years, or 500 years, when this stuff will all be considered so basic and “old-fashioned,” your head nearly explodes! Wowie!
AspieGirl88 2 years ago
Awww, poor wee dote. I’m glad they were able to help him, though I can’t help feeling sad that children so young have to go under the knife. Obviously, it was all for a good cause, but hopefully his history doesn’t haunt him later in life. 🥺
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Probably not. Most people forget all about their first ~3 years of life when they get older.
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Omg what a cute little baby, I hope both noses got little boops before surgery
"Fight like a girl." That's what Kali Hardig's parents told her on July 19, 2013. The day before, Kali had been playing with friends at a water park in Arkansas, having fun. But then she started feeling unwell and after examination, doctors said something that shocked her parents: Kali might have gotten water with a dangerous amoeba up her nose, which made her sick. The doctors said almost everyone who got it died. For fourteen days, Kali's medical team worked nonstop to save her life. They put her in a medically induced coma, managed her blood pressure to prevent it from getting too low while also stopping episodes of high blood pressure that were making her brain swelling worse.
After some time, Kali's brain swelling started to get better. Doctors reduced the amount of medicine that made her sleep and made her body warmer. They weren't sure if she would be the same girl she was before when she woke up, or if she would even wake up at all. Then, two days later, Kali woke up, gave a thumbs-up to her parents, and they realized she was still herself inside. Doctors aren't completely sure why she survived. (A 12-year-old boy from Florida, who was diagnosed a few days after Kali and got the same medicine from Germany, didn't make it.)
#7
Pediatric Heart Transplant Procedure!
Maggie 2 years ago
A teeny, weeny baby heart transplant. So wonderful that this can be done, saving little lives. Sorry about the donor though.
Joe Reaves 2 years ago
All the love and praise in the world to parents who, at the worst moment in their lives choose to try and save others from that same grief.
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MantisGirl15 2 years ago
A heart transplant saved my sister's life when she was 5 years old. Cardiac surgeons are amazing
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
It's never easy to see someone so young lost, but at least in this case, we can see that it's going to save another life from being lost so soon. Beautiful, in a way.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
A heart transplant saved the life of my little cousin. It is heartbreaking to know that a life was lost, but it led to one being saved.
#8
Testing Davinci Surgical Robot On Operation Game
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
It checkmated endometriosis for someone I cared deeply about, it's a wonderful tool.
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Mistiekim 2 years ago
The Davinci took my uterus…..surgical report did not indicate my nose lighting up nor did I vibrate and make a buzz sound. Practice makes perfect I guess.
Trish 2 years ago
I wonder if it got nervous about that awful sound the game makes. Frankly, it's the reason I didn't become a surgeon.
Evelyn Fox 2 years ago
I was one of the first people in my city (10+ years ago) to have my hysterectomy done with our new DaVinci machine - little tiny cuts and easy healing for what used to be an extensive surgury.
Ma Fra 2 years ago
My son was in the last year of kindergarten when my mom almost died of cancer. She got surgery with the Davinci robot and even though she has never been cancer free, she got to experience my son going to elementary school, middle school and now he is going to high school. Was the surgery perfect? No. But it gave her a great gift.
#9
Incredible Photograph Of The Heart Strings Inside The Heart
GoGoPDX 2 years ago
These are actually called chordae tendineae, and are tendon like connective tissue that are found in the Tricuspid and Mitral valves in the heart.
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GoGoPDX 2 years ago
these are actually called chordae tendineae, and are tendon like connective tissue that are found in the Tricuspid and Mitral valves in the heart.
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Here's another one. At the age of forty, Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro had just undergone an entirely routine C-section, delivering a gorgeous baby girl. However, as the medical team transported her to the recovery room, she lost consciousness. Unexpectedly, Ruby, now a mother of two, experienced a severe cardiac arrest.
She had life-threatening heartbeats for more than two hours. The scariest part was when Ruby's heart was beating but not pumping blood, and doctors did CPR compressions for 45 minutes straight. After around two hours, the doctors knew things were not looking good. They let her family come in to say goodbye. They went back to the waiting area, along with a few nurses, and prayed hard for a miracle. The doctors stopped trying to revive her and were getting ready to declare her as passed away. However, without any medicine or CPR, Ruby's heart started to beat by itself for the first time in two hours. Ruby not only survived but is also in excellent health. It's almost as if this never happened. Doctors called it a miracle.
#10
Normal Hand / Hand After Firework Explosion
Rigor Moreno 2 years ago
Fireworks are waste of money and entails so many dangers. So many fingers and lives have been lost here in our country every New Year...
Rwby Couch 2 years ago
Because so many people are not careful. Fireworks are dangerous
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Kim Landfather 2 years ago
Wow. That picture should be hung anywhere fireworks are sold with an explanation.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
My brother was born on the fourth of July (American). It took me a very long time to realize why he got fireworks for his birthday, and I didn't. Quite embarrassing now.
Sandy D 2 years ago
Wow, fingers and hand bones look totally shredded. I wonder if they were able to save the hand, and whether it's functional. Had to be excruciating
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
The bones that are left are just the bones in the hand below the knuckles. About 12 more bones are just gone. That's horrific, I am glad fireworks were illegal in my state when I was growing up. I would have probably killed myself.
Steph 2 years ago
I am not pro fireworks, even though I grew up, when they were legal all year round: weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, just name it… even private parties. Now, just get this: BEFORE 9/11 I took a flight back to the US from Europe, where a strict weapons protection act applies to all countries! Upon arrival in the US I got treated like a hardcore terrorist for having a pack of 10 single, little sparklers in my suitcase. I flew in for my god-son‘s 5th birthday - that was in 1997! Oh yes, let‘s make America great again…. As if a country with double standards had ever been great before! I feel embarrassed for the US and consider myself European! Loved Obama, though!
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago (edited)
for the love of every damn thing, fireworks need to be better controlled, this happens to a surprising amount of young people. I honestly think most fireworks, like the big explosive rockets, should never be on sale to the general public.
Pyla 2 years ago
They can't show the radiograph of the little boy in Seattle who, upon seeing a firework not go off, ran up to it and bent over to look at it. Firework went off, into his brain cavity and killed him. Ever since I read that news story back in the 90's I've never liked fireworks. Of course always hated the M80's that people toss around.
#11
Lightning Strike Injury With Visible Lichtenberg Figures!
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
Better than some of the tattoos I've seen.
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Binky Melnik 2 years ago
Ouchie, but I just hafta say that it’s quite pretty. I hope the scars look very much like this, as people will think he paid to have this tattooed on his back. (Scars are my fetish. Am I the only one who finds this lovely after the initial “ook!” wears off?)
Omima mimi miki 2 years ago
natural tattoo by mother nature - i actually think its pretty cool! painful but cool
Exotic Butters 2 years ago
That's kind of a sweet scar. So sorry for the dude that had to get it.
LJ Robinson 2 years ago
If you got some ink around the scar, you would have an AWESOME tattoo! It's already an amazing scar! It might be quite painful however.
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
Whoa sick scars! It’s so beautiful and terrifying at the same time :O
#12
The Difference After Jaw Surgery And Rhinoplasty Made On This Woman
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
The photos look like two different people. Amazing difference after surgery.
Mad McQueen 2 years ago
People forget genetics. What her children could have when born. As beauty us skin deep. Genes are all through.
Tuna Beach 2 years ago
Lolz. Maybe she doesn't want children. Plus, children are soup ... Don't know how her partner's DNA will combine.
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Arctic Fox Lover is Back! 2 years ago
Well, sometimes I wish people would accept their natural selves and be able to feel beautiful. Unless she was experiencing medical issues from her jaw and nose before surgery, I’ll bet people told her that her features weren’t beautiful and so she felt ugly with her natural face. I think she’s gorgeous both ways.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
We should never judge people for getting reconstructive surgery. It can truly help with self esteem and confidence. People who experience cranio-facial deformities are often horribly bullied and ridiculed. She could also have also experienced intense pain and other difficulties.
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Valerie Lessard 2 years ago
I'm glad she got help for medical issues but she was still beautiful before
Heffalump 2 years ago
She looks better to me. But as a man who tries to examine his reactions to women, I worry that that I see the less assertive version of her face as more attractive because I associate beauty in women with the appearance of complaisance. Why exactly do we think the new face is more beautiful?
It is definitely true that medicine has come a long way. Just a few years ago, it would have been hard to think that technology could help paralyzed people walk again using exoskeletons, that so many would use social media for information, or that a supercomputer like Watson would help doctors make medical decisions. Technology has changed medicine and healthcare in ways that sounded like science fiction not long ago. Medical students need to stay updated with the latest trends and learn quickly because even shortly after completing their studies, much of what they know might already be outdated.
#13
This Is What Constipation After 19 Days Looks Like
Stephanie M Machado 2 years ago
Omg it hurts just looking at it. I can't even begin to imagine what that feels like.
Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago
Wait a week to prove it's a real problem, wait to get appointment, the doctor tries remedies such as laxatives for a few days, then wait for a scan appointment. I could easily see it being 19 days before a scan was taken.
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Monday 2 years ago
They'd best take along their trusty poop knife just in case.
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Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
This can lead to toxic shock, also. Aka, sepsis/meningitis kinda problem. Possible death. Don't just brush off constipation, even if it's embarrassing.
Joshua Moore 2 years ago
Sweet baby jebus, 19 days!!!! My movements are pretty regular, if I go longer than 36 hours, I'm taking some fiber or a laxative to move things along. 19 DAYS!!!! What in the holy hell?!? 🤦
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
That is impeding on lung-space. I hope they got the relief they needed
#14
Man With 3-Inch Nail In Skull Goes To Hospital After Two Days… But Can’t Remember How It Got There!
The Average Food Critic 2 years ago
When you nail something but can't remember how you did it.
Groundcontroltomajortom 2 years ago
You hit the nail on the head there, or in his case the nail hit him on the head.... I'll show myself out...
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zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)
"Frauen gehen zum Arzt. Männer sterben." (Women visit a doctor. Men die.) Always baffling to see how long it takes (often) men seeking medical help/advice. -- what's he been thinking, even with loss of memory?? "There suddenly is a hard, protruding, irremovable k.n.o.b on the crown of my head? Nevermind, will brush around, will do..." 🤯
Oddly Me 2 years ago
Seems he forgot how to put two, ad twp together. Meaning (I know most of ya know this saying); to figure out that the hard thing in/on his head must be related to his symptoms.
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Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
I'd like to know how he is doing now. It's kind of fascinating to learn how much or how little brain damage these kinds of injuries can cause because it varies so wildly.
Clueless Panda 2 years ago
Reminds me a bit of Phineas Gage - in a much milder form! Also curious as to his brain function and how his brain healed.
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Ash 2 years ago
I think this is probably the guy: https://www.deseret.com/2012/1/21/20246172/no-joke-3-inch-nail-removed-from-ill-man-s-brain From the article: "Autullo, who lives in Orland Park, said he was building a shed Tuesday and using the nail gun above his head when he fired it. With nothing to indicate that a nail hadn't simply whizzed by his head, his long-time companion, Gail Glaenzer, cleaned the wound with peroxide. "It really felt like I got punched on the side of the head," he said, adding that he continued working. "I thought it went past my ear." While there are pain-sensitive nerves on a person's skull, there aren't any within the brain itself. That's why he would have felt the nail strike the skull, but he wouldn't have felt it penetrate the brain. ... Doctors told Autullo and Glaenzer that the nail came within millimeters from the part of the brain that controls motor function."
My O My 2 years ago
So they cleaned the wound but didn't go to the doctor? Or they cleaned an other part of his head?
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Eastendbird 2 years ago (edited)
Friend: (to man holding nail gun) Hey Bert, what's the meaning of life? Bert: Well that one's a real headscratcher... (kerthunk)
#15
This Is How Purified DNA Strands Look In A Test Tube!
Cassidy Moore 2 years ago
In high school I took a Biotech class where we extracted our DNA and got to put them in little clear necklace charms. I gave it to my dad for fathers day so a piece of me is always with him.
Bookworm 2 years ago
Yep, we did this in high school biology, too. I think the liquid eventually dried up and I threw it out
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OneHappyPuppy 2 years ago
We did this as a practice in labs when I was in uni. It looks just like this, and it's not a singular strand, it's millions stuck together
Binky Melnik 2 years ago
Again, I coulda sworn DNA is microscopic. I’m not altogether sure I believe all these posts are what they say they are (human eggs, DNA strands, etc) because I’m positive I learned that most of these things are far too tiny to be seen with the naked eye.
Experts predict that we'll soon see things like digital tattoos, 3D-printed medicines, and even RFID (radio frequency identification) implants in medicine and healthcare. These mind-blowing discoveries are happening almost every day.
#16
Amazing View Of The Vascularization Of The Heart
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
As a former cardiac nurse, this is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
Shirley Heyn 2 years ago
Even more amazing to watch my husband's heart beating while he was on the table having a similar scan done, I could even see the blood flow as the heart beats.
#17
Differences In Muscle Mass
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
Donkey boi 2 years ago
I see this and all I can think is... exercise make you more appealing to cannibals.
tuzdayschild 2 years ago
They found out a couple of decades ago that no matter how old you are, muscle will rebuild with exercise.
Dre Mosley 2 years ago
I'm in my 40s and a weightlifter. I plan to do so for as long as possible. I'd rather not end up like the middle picture.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
I’m in my late 30’s but yes the same. Even if I carry more fat at times, keeping my muscles at peak is so important. Aside from being the fountain of youth, in keenly aware that it’s a use it or lose game from here on out
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The latest evidence says that 5k gives benefits almost as good as 10k. The important thing is to do what you can. Any exercise at all is better than none. Do exercise from all the major groups if possible that's cardio, strength, stretching, impact, and balance.
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Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Yes. Muscle loss can be reversed in almost all cases.
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
This is why I quite my sedentary job. Humans aren't meant to sit in office cubicles at their desk for hours on end.
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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
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
No, EXACTLY like his skeleton is saying that. :-)
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A girl 2 years ago
I do experience claustrophobia but when I had a crainial MRI, the noises the machine made reminded me of Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine. Pink Floyd calms my nerves. I did not attempt to escape.
unfilteredCigarette73 2 years ago
I know I was freaked out when I had to get my first MRI then I almost fell asleep in the machine
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Abby da great 2 years ago
…Isn’t that when someone sneezed during the middle of the CT scan? I’m pretty sure I saw this on another post.
Julian Smith 2 years ago
Actual X ray image of my spirit leaving my body after seeing a spider.
I heart Boo-BI-es 2 years ago
I'm claustrophobic I need anti-anxiety meds before I have an MRI but CT scans I'm usually ok because it's like a donut and not a tiny tunnel.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I hate CT scans. The hot dye, the metallic taste in the back of your mouth, having to lay with your head tilted way back that it hurts your spine, and all the lights flashing that you can see with your eyes closed and not being allowed to move.
Binky Melnik 2 years ago (edited)
I’ve been trying to look at the photos and not the accompanying text to see whether I can guess what I’m looking at. This one made me think I was looking at the poor doctor in Houston who was in an elevator accident where his head got caught between the elevator and the shaft. That horrid incident has caused more nightmares than I can count, and gave me a fear of stepping into/out of elevators, and I live on the fifth floor. 😱😰
One thing we can be grateful for in this era is modern medicine. Let's show our gratitude to the dedicated doctors, nurses, researchers, and medical professionals. You can find more inspiring posts from the Reddit group 'Medizzy' below and also check out our previous post on the topic here.
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3 Parasitical Twins In The Skull Of A 2 Month Old
2 years ago
good word but not quite how it feels but it's me (worse than terrifying)
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Margaret H 2 years ago
What astounds me in cases like this is that, despite the myriad things that can go wrong, most pregnancies are so straightforward.
iBlank 2 years ago
Steven King wrote a book, that was later adapted to film, called "The Dark Half" on the subject.
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Alright; I’ve had enough terror for one afternoon. Excuse me while I go prepare for tonight’s nightmares. Thanks a lot, BP.
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The Pediatric Iron Lung, 1940s
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
There is still at least one man living in an iron lung machine because of a polio infection decades ago.
A B C the Third 2 years ago (edited)
This is a life story worth reading: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/26/last-iron-lung-paul-alexander-polio-coronavirus - seriously folks, vaccinate your kids. Trust your doctors and scientists, they're only doing what they're trained for.
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Margaret H 2 years ago
The three-year-old who lived next door got polio and spent years in an iron lung. His parents could visit him three times a week and that was it.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I know someone who was in an iron lung as a teenager. I think it was meningitis. Thankfully, after 6+ weeks in icu she was able to get off it and now lives a normal life.
Verena Fiori-Jambor 2 years ago
My dad had polio as toddler- he told the most horrific stories about the time in hospitals at this young age - completely alone…
Melissa Powell 2 years ago
Every time I see articles by antivaxxers the author sounds stupid. Polio vaccination not necessary. Polio is gone. Polio still exists and is waiting for a come back
#21
Men Arrived To ICU By His Own, In Taxi
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
My mother-in-law survived this in the 1970's. Internal decapitation. The doctors didn't expect her to survive or ever walk again. She walked out of the hospital a month later and the doctors told her it was a miracle. Big mistake. She became a religious fanatic that made everyone in her life miserable. Turns out she had received blood tainted with Hep C. In the late 80's when the medical community realized many people had received tainted blood She should have been tested. She ignored the warnings because she believed Jesus wouldn't let her get sick. By 2010 the Heb C had ravaged her liver. All her decades of preaching that the Rapture was coming and God had healed her broken neck so she could warn everyone to repent, were years wasted. She died screaming with her faith shattered because Jesus had lied to her.
Eastendbird 2 years ago
That sounds like an exerpt from a Stephen King novel.
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TheDag 2 years ago
Pretty sure there was a similar story on here a while back about a guy driving a convertible who flipped it, managed to walk away from the crash but when the paramedics turned up and called out he turned his head and collapsed dead there and then due to his neck haven been broken. The bones kept everything in place up until he turned his head which severed the cord
Id row 2 years ago
lol, like we can afford an ambulance in the US. Would cost around $3,500 for a 10 minute ride. I don't know why we aren't rioting about our system.
RMA 2 years ago
Universal healthcare is not all it is cracked up to be. The UK’s NHS is unaffordable for the state, and standards are falling precipitously - about 12% of the population is on a surgical waiting list. My daughter who gets fevers of 102°, psoriasis rampant, constant illness has waited two years to see a rheumatologist. In the interim given a tube of hydrocortisone.
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I broke C2 and C3 and several of the spinous process bones on both sides of my neck. I can't do the job I was doing then, and I can't lift heavy things it's painful at times, but hey, I get around. The human body is so fragile but also so resilient at the same time.
Diplodocus Dinosaur 2 years ago
Incredible! I would think an injury like that would make you paralysed. 😮
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LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
Yes, this is indeed what is called internal decapitation. I used to work as a waterpark life park and had to get trained in the event anyone ever broke or sprained their neck coming down a waterslide or got jumped on in a wave pool (it is sadly a lot more common that you think). It would always terrify me.
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Completely White Gums! A 48-Year-Old Woman Went To The Hospital Complaining Of Fatigue And Painful, Swollen Gums That Were All White
Nicole 2 years ago
The caption on the post is : A 48-year-old woman went to the hospital complaining of fatigue and painful, swollen gums that were all white. She had been experiencing these symptoms for around a week before coming to the hospital. It was found that her white cell count was 225,000 per cubic millimeter... people are saying that means it is leukaemia?
Marie-Pierre Adam 2 years ago (edited)
Please Noodle Boy’s comment is wrong! Other BP users have shared the correct info. Please remove false claims that this was done with teeth bleaching agent. You are sharing false medical information. BP should remove that comment. This is the real reason: A 48-year-old woman presented with fatigue and painful, swollen, whitened gums. Her white-cell count was 225,000 per cubic millimeter, and peripheral-blood flow cytometry and bone marrow biopsy revealed 89% myeloblasts. A diagnosis of acute monocytic leukemia was made, and the gingival swelling abated with chemotherapy. LINK HERE : https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmicm2113297
Katie Bossert 2 years ago
It's acute monocytic leukemia. Here's the NEJM article it's from https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmicm2113297
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#23
Parasites In A Boy Who Ate Raw Pork Meat For 10 Years
Anna Ekberg 2 years ago (edited)
I think medicine kills the parasites but they can't be removed from the body. They are in the muscles. I think it's called Trichinella.
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ƒιѕн 2 years ago
Couldn't figure out the body part. From Reddit: Those are his legs. You're looking at a sequence of MRI slices going from front to back since the muscle groups grow progressively larger and you start seeing symmetrical black lines that are the boy's femurs. Likewise, the bladder on the top of the image (white circular structure) appears to grow "larger" because you're looking deeper and deeper into the boy's abdominal cavity. Bones appear black Vs. fluid/soft tissue/meat appearing bright cause this is probably a T2-weighted sequence. Traditionally, in T2 sequences you see beautiful striations of "grey" muscle fibre bundled between fascia. All you can see now are bright white cylinders in a non-systematic pattern - his muscles are infested with parasites.
Scotira 2 years ago
Seeing this while aquiring an MRI is truely chilling! I've had this once in more than 10 years. This is not something you see a lot in Switzerland fortunately. The patient I had, had a larva "hybernating" in his brain. Seeing only one of those things on the images gave me enough chills to stop eating pork 🙈 even though I know the quality is closely monitored here.
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Amy Langione 2 years ago
Recently, Yunnan only 23-year-old girl Tingting (a pseudonym) multiple body pain, the hospital examination found that she was infected with the cysticercosis, brain, eye rear, thighs, abdominal and back muscles are covered with insects. Family said Tingting from over 10 years of age began to eat raw meat, did not think therefore infected with parasites. This was from the original post
Monday 2 years ago
Those things you see in her legs? Those are worms and cysts. She got parasites from eating raw meat.
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And this is why my mum was so paranoid about cooking pork back when I was a kid.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Depending on where this person lived/lives, it could very well be a lack of education. Even today, some people living in remote areas may not be aware of the dangers of consuming raw meat.
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#24
My Husband Suffers Frequent Kidney Stones. He Just Passed This Nightmarish Thing
zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)
Ouch. Women often say, there's no more physical pain than giving birth vaginally but a woman friend who has giving birth AND had a kidney stone passing told me the kidney stone pain hurt more, actually. (I have no personal experience with kidney stones and only a C-section, so don't lecture me, I'm just passing along her experiences)
Auntriarch 2 years ago
My mother will back that up, she said she would rather have four babies than one stone
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G.O.A.L. 2 years ago (edited)
I passed a stone this past Saturday. I can’t speak on childbirth pain, but I ended up on the floor. It felt like Mike Tyson was giving me kidney punches, and using my sack as a speed bag
Tamra 2 years ago
That sounds like a damn nightmare. I hope you're feeling better now!
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Alethea Fletcher 2 years ago
I've given birth five times (naturally), had a hysterectomy, have had kidney stones, and also suffered severe bladder spasms meaning I couldn't urinate normally for over two weeks (had to have a catheter for that one!). Gotta be honest... I would give birth again in a heartbeat than suffer any of the others again. ... That said. Most women in labour have enough time to ask for, and get, decent pain relief. And are understood to be in pain. Kidney stones aren't obvious, and so most patients with them aren't believed to be in much pain, so have to suffer. Being listened to, heard, supported, makes a world of difference to how we handle pain.
Kelly Scott 2 years ago (edited)
I've never given birth, but I've had kidney stones and believe it or not, I found something even more painful. Last year I broke my ankle to the point where my foot was twisted sideways under my ankle joint. I felt nothing for a couple hours but then...I felt like I had a blow torch against my leg. The pain came in waves and I was screaming and crying. They gave me morphine twice and that did nothing. They finally called a doctor in (I was at the ER) and he put me out and set the ankle. I'll take kidney stones any day over that.
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
If you suffer kidney stones, drink a shot of lemon juice with your water each day; the acidity of the lemon helps to erode the stones, if not completely. I don't know why more doctors don't recommend this but it works well (not completely, everyone is different), my husband hasn't been to the ER for stones in four years since he started doing this. I hope it helps. 😬
SnackbarKaat 2 years ago
I gave birth to two kids and I had one kidneystone, but I have more fear of getting the pain from the kidneystone again
#25
The Stone Man Disease: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
The Scout 2 years ago
This is absolutely horrific. When the disease progresses, there might come a point where the person has to decide if he wants to spend the rest of his life sitting or lying down, as ossification will make a position change impossible.
Monday 2 years ago
Most seem to choose sitting, but I saw a documentary where one guy insisted lying down was better, since then he can be propped up into a standing position too.
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Julie Schulz 2 years ago
This is the stuff of nightmares. I can't imagine having this disease. How horrible.
AnnaRachelle 2 years ago
Horror movies rarely scare me. This is terrifying. Somebody's worst nightmare...poor souls
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The CareTaker 2 years ago
really sad, My aunt has this, but at least she can still move, It's just making her really slow and affecting her hips and back shoulders, and causing a semi-look of a turtle shell {i started calling her Master Oogway cause of it since he is her fav char is kung fu panda and well...she kinda got a turtle shell now lol but still I take care of her}
Vesuvius 2 years ago
Celine Dion has Stiff Person Syndrome. It's completely different than Stone Man Syndrome.
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#26
The Base Of The Brain Is A Masterpiece On Its Own!
FlamingoPanda 2 years ago
He's fine, living life as a politician where brains are optional.
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Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
ooookkkaaayyy, but what is the "amazing inspiring medical cases" here ?
Samsquatch & Monko 2 years ago
Because the patient survived without the brain and became president of the usa for a while 😊
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Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Because it's very, very soft and will fall apart.
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MadameMalfoy 2 years ago
in third grade, we got to touch and see a human brain. the person who’s brain it was had donated it to a lab or something and for some reason they thought that showing it to a bunch of third graders would be cool? it was interesting but it was also weird
EarthGrowl 2 years ago (edited)
Hey! Put that back! Lol. It's amazing what that chunk of meat can do. It's an organic computer that took millions of years to develop. Are humans the first in the universe to evolve with a computer in our skull? You can almost forgive primitive cultures for thinking the brain was just useless stuffing in a person's skull.
#27
Triphalangeal Thumb (TPT) Is A Congenitalmalformation Where The Thumb Has Three Phalanges Instead Of Two
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.
Steph 2 years ago
Sorry for this naive question: could that irregularity maybe even be of some kind of advantage? Skillwise/ motor skill wise? Could that be some kind of evolutionary adaptation? I am honestly asking, because a part of my family (3rd generation now) is born without any canines.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Evolution consists of entirely random mutations. If a mutation proves to be advantageous with regards to reproduction (in terms of giving the organism better ability to survive, obtain food, evade predators, etc.) that gene is more likely to be passed on. Neutral mutations don't have any effect on reproduction, and deleterious mutations have a negative impact. If this person came from an environment where tree-climbing was an important skill they may have an advantage, otherwise it is probably a neutral mutation.
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Russell Bowman 2 years ago
Reminds me os a book "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" A woman with enormous thumbs becomes a hutch hiker ...
#28
X-Ray Of A Patient Who Had A Long History Of Chewing And Gnawing Their Fingers To The Bone
This resulted in severe bacterial infections which had to be treated with multiple amputations amputations
Lee-Ann 2 years ago
I went to school with a boy who had a medical condition that meant he had no feeling in his fingers. He'd chew his nails until it bled and have no idea.
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
I saw a documentary about kids who don't feel pain. (It's a genetic disease) One of them had to have all her teeth removed as a toddler because she kept almost biting off her own fingers and nearly severed her tongue. Another one almost died from appendicitis. It's a really dangerous condition.
Joshua David 2 years ago
As a former nail biter (my home was abusive and it was anxiety), I'm shocked at this. When I quit doing it after getting paranochya on one finger I quit cold turkey. I had a relapse once and the amount of pain from that made me stop again. Never could I imagine doing something like this. Maybe she was mentally unwell?
François Carré 2 years ago
I read the word "amputations" twice and suppose previous amputations had to be amputated again.
Binky Melnik 2 years ago
Our mouths are UNBELIEVABLY germy (much more germy than our 🫏🕳️), so I’m shocked this lady didn’t die much earlier from infection!
#29
Head Of A Needle Under A Microscope
Monday 2 years ago
In a public healthcare setting yes, but nothing stops people from re-using their own needles at home.
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Emma S 2 years ago (edited)
I worked in substance misuse for several years and sadly it was very common for IV drug users to use needles many times over to inject drugs due to not always having access to enough sterile new needles. It does so much damage to the veins to reuse needles and there is obviously a high risk of contracting HIV or hepatitis from sharing the needle with others, which again was very common.
Elizabeth Elliot 2 years ago
I had to self-inject for a while and snagged a loaded syringe needle on the curtain. It was CONSIDERABLY more noticable going in!
Sonja 2 years ago
Anna Nicole Smith died from a bacterial infection caused by a doctor who repeatedly jabbed her with the same needle when administering a shot of B12 and HGH. He didn’t clean the skin, either. No idea what happened to the doctor, but he should lose his license, at the very least.
Mare Freed 2 years ago
That kind of carelessness makes me so angry. She would probably still be alive if not for that terrible excuse of a "doctor."
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Do note that the pictures are zoomed in from one to the next. So the first is the furthest out, the second is zoomed in a bit, and the third is zoomed in a lot. It does show the detail you do need to see, but the zooming always makes it look more significant in my mind.
Blondieybat 2 years ago
I have insulin dependent diabetes. I probably shouldn't use my syringes more than once but I do. Definitely twice, sometimes 3 times before I toss them. Even with good insurance.
#30
Extensive Head Swelling Due To An Allergic Reaction To Hair Dye!
Joshua David 2 years ago
As a stylist, we learn about these things happening but never have I saw anything like this until now. I'm blown away.
Lori T Wisconsin 2 years ago
That's why manufacturers of cosmetics and hair treatments tell you to do a small patch test on your skin before using a new product on large areas. Neither laws or FDA regulations require specific tests to demonstrate the safety of cosmetic products or ingredients. The law also does not require cosmetic companies to share their safety information with FDA.
Egg Lady 2 years ago
The allergic reaction can happen even if you've dyed your hair successfully before, the allergy is to PPD and the darker the hair dye, the more PPD the dye has. You might not react to blonde hair dye, but have a bad reaction to black hair dye.
#31
Bungee Cord To The Eye Caused Man's Iris To Collapse Into Multiple Deformed Pupils
zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)
@eye surgeon Bored Pandas: is this, umm, repairable? What does he see?
Debbie 2 years ago
He had surgery and it was sown back in place. [...]One year later, the Taiwan patient’s iris remained attached with only “mild deformity,” Chen and Hsiao said. Though there’s no evidence of glaucoma so far, the patient now wears glasses to help him achieve 20/50 vision in the injured eye: He needs to be within 20 feet to see what people with healthy vision can spot at 50 feet[...]
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 years ago
My rabbit has this. He was born with a cataract and little sight in that eye and we have no idea what caused the collapse. He’s lost all vision in that eye now. Bizarrely, it doesn’t seem to bother him we tried giving him pain relief for a couple of weeks but there was no change in his behaviour. The ophthalmology vet recommended we leave it due to his age and risks. He still zooms around, jumps on and off things and flops happily next to his partner. We’re keeping him closely monitored for glaucoma, but so far so good.
Steph 2 years ago
All the best for your bunny! He is lucky he‘s got someone like you to take care of him! ❤️👍🏻
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Bob Brooce 2 years ago
I once had the hook from a bungee cord go through my finger. It hurt like hell for a while, but I didn't even get an infection. That was a much better mishap than what happened to this guy.
#32
Heart Transplant! Bad Heart Going Out And A New Heart Going In!
Somebodys grandmother 2 years ago (edited)
No it is a mecanical device that keeps your heart beeting until the new arrive (hopefully)... Pacemaker
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Tessa 2 years ago
Two hearts on the table, which heartbeat is keeping the patient alive at this point of the surgery?
Michelle Smith 2 years ago
Isn’t the gold medal on the side of the new heart. Because the heart on the right that is labeled new looks like spoiled meat.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Even for a really simple surgery on my little toe I want a surgeon that doesn't need those notes to know which is which.
#33
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
Laura Williams 2 years ago
More EMTS. need to stop judging but that also goes for nurses and doctors as well. Can't begin to tell you how many times one person or more has told me I'm not that bad only to have yet another close call every few years. It's GREAT fun.
NoNicknamePanda 2 years ago
Wth are we looking at? I see the knife blade, but what's the yellow thing?
#34
Raynaud's Phenomenon. It Is A Medical Condition In Which Spasm Of Arteries Cause Episodes Of Reduced Blood Flow
zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)
...and it huuurts. 🥹 I had this as a teenager /young woman on both of my middle fingers . It vanished finally in my twenties. 🎉
Anne 2 years ago
You should get tested for Hemachromatosis! It's a commons side effect and the sooner you know, the easier it is to handle.
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Narelle Hussy 2 years ago
wow i have this and nobody could tell me what was wrong, im screenshotting and going back 2 doctors, this is the second medical issue i have found answers 2 now thanks 2 Panda 😁
Anne 2 years ago
Also get tested for hemachromatosis - it's a common side effect!
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miameows 2 years ago
I have Raynaud's in my feet. They turn white and numb even in slight cold. I also can't wear heels or anything because my circulation is so bad.
JalaPeno 2 years ago
Yep, feet, hands and face (around my mouth and nose) for me. And it's so bloody painful when you start to warm up a little and the circulation returns.
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This is extremely bad in the wintertime as my fingers have trouble keeping blood flow. If it gets particularly bad I can force it by squeezing the arm and moving the blood out toward my fingertips as if it were a toothpaste tube.
Jean Dogmom 2 years ago
I get that too. And will look into the hemochromatosis, although I tend more toward anemia.
Caroline Sinclair 2 years ago
It is possible, though rare, to have both hemochromatosis and anemia: my sister does. Normal blood tests do not always pick up hemochromatosis iron excess.
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My O My 2 years ago
Off topic; In autumn/winter when my fingers and toes get cold they first hurt like hell, then will go numb and kind of stiff (I can barely willingly move them but they can be manipulated easily, feel rather dead to the touch) and will hurt like hell warming up again. And I have yet to find gloves/shoes warm enough for that not to happen. Can maybe someone help?/have an idea what that is? Doctors just day I should keep warm
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
This is me and my younger sister. Our fingers and toes will turn white and it takes a while for them to regain circulation. It's really weird being able to smash your fingers and not have it hurt at all.
#35
This Young Patient Developed Endocarditis, Inflammation Of The Heart Valve(S) Caused By An Infection
Upstaged75 2 years ago
My brother had that as a teenager. He needed open heart surgery to replace the valve with one from a pig. Just this summer (25 years later) he had it done again because the original replacement valve started to fail. This time the new valve is artificial. Which means I can no longer call him Pig-heart and ask if he's here to fight for freedom. :)
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
I find it interesting that if you do a human to human transplant the person needs to take anti rejection medicine for the rest of their life. But change out a damaged human mitral valve with a pig valve, you don’t need them. Why I no longer eat pork.
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Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
not a doctor, but i think black is not a good color for finger :/ hope they save this personn
glowworm2 2 years ago (edited)
It looks like severe gangrene. When it's that severe, amputation usually has to be done.
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Karen Grace 2 years ago
Probably, but minus much if not all of that hand. Chances are the other extremities look similar. That happens during sepsis because the body shunts blood away from the extremities to supply the vital organs. This can happen with bacterial meningitis along with other infections that result in sepsis.
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Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago
Uhm why does this remind me of Dumbledores hand in the sixth book/movie…
A B C the Third 2 years ago
Well fúck. Just imagine watching your fingers turn black and die off. I imagine they'll be amputated to save surrounding tissue, but otherwise they'd simply fall off at some point. And you can do nothing but watch it. That's friggin' gruesome.
#36
Archeological Remains Of Patients Of Brain Surgery Performed By Ancient Doctors Of The Inca Empire In The 15th Century
The incan people practiced brain surgery, in which a piece was chipped out of the skull, part of the brain removed, and the hole covered by metal beaten flat
The Scout 2 years ago
Even more interesting is that there are clear signs of healed bone tissue around the edges, showing that the patient actually survived.
UpupaEpops 2 years ago
This is why I was so annoyed with the old nomenclature that used to refer to ancient civilisations as primitive. The Inca Empire existed between 1438 and 1572. Trepanation, the removal of bone from the skull, is the most ancient surgical technique known. We have evidence of it having been performed some 5000 years ago. Yet we refer to them as primitive. Here's a cool site for pandas who'd like to read more on the history of brain surgeries: https://brain-surgery.com/history-of-brain-surgery-1/#Who_invented_brain_surgery
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Tracy Wallick 2 years ago
I remember watching a documentary about this; there was a British surgeon who tried to replicate it with the tools of the time on a pig skull, he was impressed that the obsidian knife was about as effective as a modern scalpel.
KittyMommy 2 years ago
I want to say I'd read somewhere that a good obsidian knife is actually sharper than a scalpel but they dull a lot faster
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The Scout 2 years ago
Usually pressure relief of the brain in traumatic skull injuries like cranial edema.
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Ankylosarus Wrecks 2 years ago
Trepanation (sp?) sounds like a pretty good solution every single time I have a bad migraine.
Diplodocus Dinosaur 2 years ago
They survived. There are finds of this in Sweden, in the ruins of a monastery from the 1100:s. A monk had a round hole in his skull, although smaller than this, and he lived for years after that. It’s a smart method of relieving pressure on the brain.
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Neobladder Stone
San 2 years ago (edited)
Why why just why . God why did you have to take that dog away
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You too! I thought of a kiwi bird as soon as I saw the photo!
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A B C the Third 2 years ago
So... THIS is how dragons are born? All those books have lied to me!
#38
Normal Knee vs. Osteoarthritis
FlamingoPanda 2 years ago
Thanks, I totally wanted to see what my knees will look like when I am old.
Deson 2 years ago
Oh great and this is how my knees look like now. (sigh)
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Sandy D 2 years ago
I'd like to see the hip with osteoarthritis. Mine was bone on bone grinding and reshaping/wearing away bone. Pretty intense surgery plus serious complications. 2 years on, and while no anywhere near 100%, it's a lot better than before
Spikey Bunny 2 years ago
It's my spine for me. So many fusions. Chronic pain. Disabled. And it just keeps happening over and over again...
Load More Replies... Camilla Koutsos 2 years ago
I had my shoulder replaced five and a half years ago, and the pain reduction of having my shoulder, essentially, amputated was immediate and dramatic, even with the post-op pain. It makes me happy that that shoulder is no longer going to grow unwanted bone, or erode away.
Karen Grace 2 years ago
That's my knee one the right ( left for me) only this looks better than mine. I have basically zero cartilage left on the inside and my bones have been rubbing, and bruising, for over a decade.
Barbara Turner 2 years ago
They can grow collagen in a Petri dish and make it nose-shaped for someone. Why can't they grow collagen and apply it to people's joints?
DelvianBlue 2 years ago
I have severe patellar tracking syndrome and dislocated my knees so many times when I was younger that I only wish my knee looked as good as on the right. I've still got decades to go before I qualify for a replacement, but I've got bone-on-bone arthritis, multiple bone spurs, broken cartilage, water on the knees, you name it. According to my specialist, it's all balancing itself out for the time being for some weird reason, and treating any one condition will make the others worse. So much the better - I've heard nothing good about getting knee replacements and someday I'll need two of them. The longer I can wait the better.
Jackie Lulu 2 years ago
I'll tell you something good. When you finally get your replacements, you will feel such relief you'll wish you had done it sooner. Yes , the recovery is awful but trust me (like you would trust any stranger on BP - we're good people), it's worth it. I had both knees replaced, I know.
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Binky Melnik 2 years ago
Ha! Before I read the description, I thought this was a photo of someone’s bottom and was feeling really bad for her. I thought her internal organs were coming out.
Bunny gurl 2 years ago
I’m a high level gymnast and now wondering if that’s why my knees always hurt…
#39
Got In A Wreck And Messed My Eye Up And Had To Do Some Sort Of Procedure And I Looked Pretty Cool
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
Yep! We use them to check for corneal ulcers and abrasions in animals as well.
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Kris 2 years ago
I did that once. They found out i had chicken pox in my eyes. I already had this as a child. I was so light sensitive had to stay in a dark room for several days.
afia kooma 2 years ago
My old cat had this done a few times, so in case you dont know they can do this if you suspect damage from catfights or such.
Simon Murray 2 years ago
I did the same thing a week ago in a crash and got glass in my eye. The effect where everything goes blurry and orange with the dye but then the black light goes on and it's crazy city
#40
Extreme Case Of Eruptive Xanthoma
FlamingoPanda 2 years ago
If you have too much triglyceride in your system (high cholestrol usually from poorly controlled diabetes) then the excess fat forms these bumps and nodules under your skin.
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J Smythe 2 years ago
Eruptive xanthomas are benign lesions that appear on the skin and consist of lipid, or fatty acid, deposits. They are uncommon and can appear alongside other conditions. As a result, they may be an early warning sign of another illness that affects the metabolism, such as diabetes.
Dreaming Spirit 2 years ago
At first I thought it's an allergic reaction to tattoo or the fake henna used for temporary tattoos. It looks like some kind of doodled vines!
#41
This Is What The Nerves Related To The Teeth Look Like
Kim Landfather 2 years ago
And each one sends a pain signal to the brain like a nuclear explosion.
Stardust she/her 2 years ago
I think that I might’ve damaged a few of them by stuffing a tissue paper at the back of my molars
#42
My Gnarly Bruise From Archery With No Arm Guard
Jihana 2 years ago
Been there, done that. Plus I had an equally impressive bruise on one boob.
Karma Black 2 years ago
Omg I've given birth, and I swear the agony of the entire birthing process was condensed into the moment the string whipped across my nipple. I was scared to even look at it. Fifteen years later, and I still feel sick even thinking about it.
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#43
Free Fall From 30 Ft
The only Plueschopossum 2 years ago
You don't need 30ft for this. I present you a free fall from my bike that got stuck in some streetcar tracks :D That sucked. A LOT! Oberschenk...2ccaa5.jpg 
Donkey boi 2 years ago
Looks like a relatively clean break. But you're right, it's not the distance, it's the way you land. We've got a wheelchair bound patient that broke their neck stepping off the curb.
Load More Replies... Karen Grace 2 years ago
It looks like there is also an incomplete fracture of the head of the femur. Still, he was lucky. Plates and maybe a pin will pull that all together.
Eastendbird 2 years ago
Lunchtime queue in school. Kid is mucking about in the line, jumping and dancing around a bit, he trips over his own feet, falls over and breaks his arm. Same day in the playground that lunchtime, another kid is running full pelt across the playground, trips over his own feet and crashes onto the ground, arms breaking his fall, he got away with cuts and bruises. I couldn't believe it at the time!
#44
I Just Found My X-Ray From 2010. It Shows An Abnormal Bone Growth On My Right Femur That Has Since Been Surgically Removed
Monday 2 years ago
OP found out about the bone due to extreme pain, so yes. The bone on it's own wouldn't cause any trouble or danger, but you'd have to be very careful how you moved if you want to avoid discomfort.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I have been trying for years to find my knee xray that showed my bone spur, but haven't tracked it down yet.
#45
Trauma From A Shotgun!
Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
That's what an x-ray of my sister looked like 40 years ago after she took a blast to the face. Destroyed her nose and most of her upper palate. Doctors were able to reconstruct some of her face but she lost all of her teeth and had pellets embedded so deep in her brain that when she had a stroke in 2016, they were unable you perform an MRI to see how bad the damage was and she passed away.
#46
Pellets In The Appendix
SheHulk 2 years ago
From eating birds with buckshot? You´d think they would notice though.
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Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
Well, aside from catching pellets, it's not actually useless - when you've got a tummy bug the good germs go hide out in there so when you're feeling better they can migrate back and repopulate - so it's a bug bunker!
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David A Paterson 2 years ago
I couldn't look. Traumatic in every sense of the word. One positive I did note is that finally the general public is learning to take cosmetic surgery seriously. It is necessary for cases like these.
Scotira 2 years ago
This is the exact reason why I'm always on the fence regarding cosmetic surgery. These cases NEED good cosmetic surgeons and they have to learn that somewhere.
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wowbagger 2 years ago
Whenever I see images of how intricate and beautiful our anatomy is, I feel inspired to eat better and exercise more. Fortunately, the feeling wears off after a day or two.
Paul Rabit 2 years ago
Why am I looking at this in the morning?!? I haven’t even had coffee yet!! WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?
Laughing otter 2 years ago
Absolutely fascinating. Today I learned how many of our fellow Bored Pandas are in the medical profession. Thanks to all of you for the additional information!
David A Paterson 2 years ago
I couldn't look. Traumatic in every sense of the word. One positive I did note is that finally the general public is learning to take cosmetic surgery seriously. It is necessary for cases like these.
Scotira 2 years ago
This is the exact reason why I'm always on the fence regarding cosmetic surgery. These cases NEED good cosmetic surgeons and they have to learn that somewhere.
Load More Replies... wowbagger 2 years ago
Whenever I see images of how intricate and beautiful our anatomy is, I feel inspired to eat better and exercise more. Fortunately, the feeling wears off after a day or two.
Paul Rabit 2 years ago
Why am I looking at this in the morning?!? I haven’t even had coffee yet!! WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?
Laughing otter 2 years ago
Absolutely fascinating. Today I learned how many of our fellow Bored Pandas are in the medical profession. Thanks to all of you for the additional information!
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