28 of the Craziest Cases of ‘I Thought That Was Normal’ That Doctors Have Ever Seen
‘His foot was literally rotting off’
A lot of things that may seem obvious to you aren’t necessarily obvious to other people. And while it feels wrong to call them dumb, you do wonder what’s going on in the mind of someone who thinks the four-inch-wide protrusion on their chest is a “pimple.” It was, in fact, a necrotic breast tumor that was so large it was poking through the skin. Yet, the patient, unbelievably, thought that was normal.
To that end, other medical professionals have told stories of the very abnormal things patients didn’t think twice about until they landed in the ER, including a guy with some extra teeth.