31 of the Wildest Times Minor Injuries Ended Up Being More Serious

You get seriously hurt, you go to the hospital. Seems like a straightforward enough decision. Unfortunately, for multiple reasons, perhaps the largest of which is America’s insanely predatory healthcare system, people often resist what is pretty clearly the safest course of action. Which means sometimes very hospital-worthy ailments instead find their way to a simple urgent care that’s more meant to deal with flu shots.

Physicians (and patients) responded to an AskReddit thread with the craziest things that had popped up during what were supposed to be run-of-the-mill exams. Injuries, in some cases, that feel pulled from not just the ER but possibly an active war’s medical tent. 

Read on, though I will warn against it if you’re the slightest type of hypochondriac.