44 Medical Photos And Stories That Make TV Hospital Shows Look Surprisingly Tame

16 surgeries later, they still couldn’t fix it. I was dealing with pain every single day, along with constant cramping in both my hand and finger.
In December 2025, I finally decided to have the finger amputated because it was causing me nothing but problems.
And honestly, it was one of the best decisions I’ve made. I haven’t felt this good in years 🙌 No more daily pain, no more cramps — just a much better quality of life.

his da said she’d never seen anything like it and that’s how she remembers him

They all had one slide each, I stepped off the platform to watch and into a rabbit hole. Dislocated my ankle and broke both the Tib & Fib. Scaffolding was on for 2 weeks. 3 surgeries total.
OCT 2026
•Only had 1 x 6 week physio program back in January because resources were not expressed to me and I had no idea I could just walk into any physio.
•Business of the water park failed to notify work safe. I was the 2nd person to leave with an injury that day. The first being a child. Later to find out after a post on Facebook that multiple people have injured or broken themselves over summer 25/26 and they wonder how the place is still operating.
•Have had a follow up x-ray at my own request ( 1 month ago ) due to constant pain. Have now been referred back to orthopaedics. Waiting appointment.

It didn’t help with my chronic pain but it gave me more mobility in my spine. My disc was degenerating, herniated and torn all at the same time. I gained half an inch of height from it too! So I’m officially 5ft

Dog was walking in the street. I gave it some milk bones from my car, and the moment I turned around it grabbed me. It let go, charged me again, and grabbed my other arm and let go. I ended up kicking it in the nose and it ran off. After I recovered and went back to delivering, I started carrying self defense

I went to visit my mam at the care home today.
I noticed her feet all mucky above her shoe.
When i removed her shoe I was confronted with this.
I got such a shock.
Her whole shoe was full with water.
After I removed the shoes the foot continued to drip water. So much was dripping off.
They had been treating her leg sores and from what I can tell they must of let water leak down into her shoes or from possibly the last time she took a shower.
She was wearing crocs!
Because she fell out of bed i thjnk she's been sleeping in her chair with the wet croc on. Only one wet shoe.
I've taken thr crocs away and bought some slippers.
After an hour of two of the foot being aired it wasn't wet.
Her leg blister burst but looks soo sore.
Il be ringing the dr tomorrow to share photos as I don't belive the nurse came out today.

This 15-year-old boy has three extra vertebrae in his neck making it a total of 10 cervical vertebrae (instead of seven vertebrae designated as C1 to C7) - a rare anomaly known as supernumerary cervical vertebra along with congenital scoliosis due to improper structural alignment - causing pain, stress on his nerves, and making it difficult for him to walk.

This happened about 10 yrs ago, he was using a nail gun and somehow the nail went right through the piece of wood and ended up in his finger. He tried pulling the nail out by himself but it wouldn't budge. The ER doctor numbed his finger and pulled it out. It did break the bone where the nail exited his finger so he had to wear a cast for a few weeks. Thankfully it healed with no issues

The time my son decided to put a dime up his nose and they had to remove it through his throat because it had worked its way into his sinus cavity . he was 5years old at the time.

We had been talking with the man who ran the cottages we were renting and he recommended a beautiful cliff walk a couple of miles away. So the next day me, hubby and our youngest (he was 12) went walking.

I spotted a path leading down and we decided to explore, it led to rocks further down the cliff. The rocks were very flat so we walked along them but barely a minute later hubby slipped, we said we would be careful. Further round I was looking at the sea, it was very windy so the waves were amazing, I was walking, getting my phone out to take a picture when I heard my son say “Watch out mummy!” And down I went.

had stepped on a slippery patch and my feet went from beneath me. I knew immediately I had really hurt myself. Hubby had to leave me with our son to go get help. 6 coastguards and 2 paramedics carried me back up to the path and into an ambulance to be transported to the nearest hospital. I made it to the local news! I had managed to give myself a comminuted fracture to my left patella, I was later told it was in 6 fragments.

Unfortunately it did need surgery but the hospital I was in would have been unable to operate before I was due to go home so they recommended that I should go home for treatment. So husband drove 7 hours with me stretched out on the back seat. I went to ED the next day and was admitted. I had surgery 11 days after the fall, a plate and screws were used, they managed to get 5 pieces of bone secured and removed the last fragment.

The wisdom teeth are on top, and the back molars are on the bottom. He's been referred to a specialist at U of M because there isn't much jaw bone left, the nerve is involved, and he's at risk of a broken jaw and nerve damage during surgery.

Was on my boat fishing, hooked up to a bull red and chasing it around the boat. At some point kicked the filet knife (barefoot). Miraculously only suffered minor nerve damage and extreme swelling.

That line in the middle has been there for at least 10 years, it makes my nail break easily and if I'm not careful enough, the nail gets caught in stuff such as clothes and it can crack all the way to the painful spot.

My doc has never been worried about it, but then again, whose woman's doctor ever takes her seriously, right? Some exercise and water should fix it, obviously.

Tired sore like I have rigamortis. Had the rash on foot since 23 years old went thru the years just living with it never went away. Finally got a doctor who's put me on one of the best biological medications you can get 2 shots go by bam acne boils all over my body she puts me on antibiotics takes me of biological med skin clears up from the acne just not as much acne boils I've never had in my life. Anywhere now my skin looks like this I start back up the biological med on Tuesday next week. Unfortunately I have to do this I'm getting worse everyday like chronic 40 swollen joints problems walking. Work on a farm! So here it is take a look can anyone tell me why would the meds make me break out like this just by missing a couple of doses is that normal ? I've never had this much psoriasis all over my body before it was just on feet and nails and a little here and there but this! ? It's even on my butt ! Arm pits and a little scalp now sorry I'm just desperate for help

This was 2 days ago. They said his wrist is broken and dislocated. I was only able to snap a picture of one of his X-rays. It doesn't show the break and small fractures around the dislocation. His poor hand is really swollen now. They haven't put a cast on it yet.

I woke up one morning (literally) with the following symptoms:

- Sharp pain in my left ribcage area that felt worse when taking a deep breath or with any sort of movement.

- Sharp pain also radiating into my left shoulder blade and upper back area.

- Gastrointestinal issues.

- Bilateral eye redness with light sensitivity.

- Headache.

After day two of these symptoms, I realized my eyes were getting worse and the pain in my side wasn't going away. I decided to reach out to my primary doctor for her opinion. She immediately wanted me to go to the ER due to there being red flags for cardiac issues. Since my chest area did not hurt, it didn't even cross my mind that it could be a heart issue. Also, I had been moving a piece of furniture a few days prior and figured I just hurt myself by doing that. I wasn't aware until this situation that cardiac symptoms tend to present much differently in women than in men and are not always your classic chest and arm pain. The following morning on day three of having symptoms, both of my eyes were insanely bloodshot, were very sensitive to light, and I developed a pain in my forehead/behind my eyes that was pretty severe. I also want to mention that I don't suffer from headaches or migraines often and I have always had 20/20 vision. I had no previous eye issues besides dry eyes that I treated with OTC drops. My husband drove me to the ER that day, and upon admission, they started treating the suspected migraine with Toradol and some other meds used in migraine cocktails. Luckily, it worked and did relieve the pain. Since my heart rate was tachycardic and in the 110 range, they ordered an EKG, a CT scan of my chest, and ran a bunch of labs.

My blood tests and imaging showed the following:
Troponin high sensitivity: 95.0
CRP: 18.3
SED rate: 73
NT-proBNP: 468
WBC: 12.39 K/uL
Platelet count: 468
Chest CT with contrast:

Small left pleural effusion, mild patchy and bandlike consolidative changes in the left greater than right lower lobes, central peribronchial cuffing which may be seen with small airway inflammation. (Oddly enough, I had no cough or breathing issues. I'm also not a smoker.) I was asked by the ER doctor if I had an autoimmune disease or if I had been sick recently. He explained that they've seen cases of COVID, the flu, and coxsackie virus (such as hand, foot, and mouth disease) causing several different issues, with some being similar to mine. I told the doctor that the last time I was sick was about four months prior with some sort of cold or flu. I had a painful sore throat that felt like I was swallowing razor blades, and I lost my voice for a couple of days. Although my rapid virus panels came back negative at the time, I ended up being diagnosed with acute myopericarditis, and they believed that it was possibly the result of a virus that caused inflammation around my heart and eyes.

I was then transferred by ambulance to a larger hospital for continued heart monitoring and testing, and to stay as an inpatient. I saw several specialists, including infectious disease, cardiology, and rheumatology, and had more testing done—talk about exhausting. They started me on colchicine, which is the gold standard for treating myopericarditis, and it unfortunately gave me an entire day of really bad diarrhea; just what I needed 🙄. Since I couldn't tolerate it, they had me stop the colchicine and start taking 600 mg of ibuprofen with 60 mg of prednisone. Let’s just say that with that combo, I soon felt like I had superpowers. 😂 The second day after being admitted, I woke up in the morning and went to wash my face. While looking in the mirror, I noticed that my pupil size in my left eye was different than the right and was shaped almost like a square. I also started seeing these black floaters and a cobweb-type thing in my peripheral vision. This definitely sent me into a bit of a spiral consisting of scary thoughts and flashbacks to watching specific episodes of House M.D.

The doctor came to check out my eyes and wanted me to go for an MRI of my brain, eyes, and heart immediately. Unfortunately, I had metal in my cheek from a previous incident 15 years prior, so that wasn't an option. Long story short, I was shot with a BB gun and was told it wouldn't harm me if I didn't get it removed. I was still sent down to radiology anyway, where they checked to see if it really was magnetic. I mean, I already knew that it was, but they had to see it for themselves, I suppose. 🤷‍♀️ Yeah, It was very magnetic, to the point where you could see my cheek being pulled when the magnet was held up to it. The MRI techs all got a kick out of it, though.

After day four of being admitted, my eyes were looking less inflamed and I was feeling better overall, so I was told I could be discharged later that day but they did want me to go to a well-known eye clinic ASAP to see an actual eye specialist. I didn't argue, since I really wanted to do everything possible to keep my vision from becoming worse, as uveitis is actually the third leading cause of blindness. So, I made my trip to the Cole Eye Institute, where they did hours of eye tests and imaging. I have had a few appointments with them since the initial one and was ultimately diagnosed with bilateral panuveitis with optic edema and retinal vasculitis, which is inflammation of all layers in the eye—also the most severe form of uveitis. One thing I find a little odd is that I have had low eye pressure (its usually at about 7 in both eyes) rather then high when checked and normal blood pressure; so, intracranial hypertension or IIH was not a diagnosis either. Another symptom that I found odd that came later on was these random episodes of vertigo anytime I would walk around or move quickly where my vision would look almost static like or Fuzzy for a few seconds. Luckily I havent had it for a few weeks now, so im hoping it doesnt come back.

Since there are many rheumatological diseases that can cause a combination of heart and eye inflammation, I had autoimmune tests ordered by my current rheumatologist. She ruled out a ton of things like HLA-B27, Lupus, Sarcoidosis, Behçet’s, GCA, Rheumatoid arthritis, TINU, VKH, and some others that I cannot remember at the moment. My only abnormal labs at this point still are mildly elevated troponin, CRP, sed rate, and platelet count. An autoimmune disease is still possible, I guess, but they were not able to confirm anything specific.

Long time lurker, first time poster. Popped my whole fake nail + my real nail from the root clean off. Honestly, when it happened the pain level was very low. 2 out of 10 . Maybe from the shock tho. I did almost faint and had to lay down and drink some water. Long nails are not for the weak, and No this probably won't stop me from having them long.