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30 Bonkers Facts About the Medical World

The world of medicine is both fascinating and terrifying

30 Bonkers Facts About the Medical World

November 11, 2023

The world of medicine is both horrifying and fascinating at the same time. For example, someone having green blood — that’s incredibly interesting and kinda scary. Today we’ll take a look at this and 29 other mind-blowing medical facts…

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Tongue Prints

CRACKED.COM Everyone has their own fingerprints. But your tongue also has a one-of-a-kind print. Because of its uniqueness, the tongue could be used in biometric scans or forensic dentistry as an identification tool in the future. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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A GUY'S BLOOD TURNED GREEN 2007 CRACKED.COM It's called sulhemoglobinemia, and it happens when sulfur binds to the hemoglobin that carries oxygen in (formerly) red blood cells. The cause for this man: too much migraine medication. — The Lancet

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Your body kills cancerous cells everyday. Your body is constantly surveilling and attacking white blood cells that, if left unattended, would turn cancerous. CRACKED.COM — 14 Supernatural Things Our Bodies Can Do

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CONDOM INHALATION 2004 CRACKED.COM A woman coughed for six months before doctors stuck a camera down her throat and found a tattered condom lodged in her lung. Apparently, she'd inhaled it during oral sex. — Washington Post

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A BRITISH MAN HAD A FULLY- FUNCTIONING FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN. The man, called Rob was thought to have bladder cancer after seeing blood in his urine. It was, in fact, his ovaries that were causing him to pee blood. Rob has a condition called Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome (PMDS). CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Hospitals can prescribe alcohol to alcoholic patients! Edi AA ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITALS ETHANOL 40% (45ML) ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITALS ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL ETHANOL 48% 1451 (VODKA) ETHANOL 40% (45ML) (VODKA) (VODKA) MANAGED ALCOHOL PROGRAM MANAGED ALCOHOL PROGR MANEG ALCOHOL PROGRAM STORE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE STORE AT ROOM TEMPEROD STORE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR ORAL USE FOR ORAL USE FOR ORAL USE TREE ORANGE TREE FOR a CHU FOR ORAL USE FAT FOR ORAL ONLY ONLY Beer, alcoholic beverages, and IV alcohol is often given to alcoholics before anesthesia to help patients tolerate procedures and help with withdrawal. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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A GULLET SHAPED LIKE A CORKSCREW 2003 CRACKED.COM A woman didn't know her esophagus was shaped so oddly until she was 89 and went to the doctor, complaining she burped too much (and her chest hurt, and it hurt to swallow). — New England Journal of Medicine

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Humans are the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom. This is due to our ability to regulate our body temperature better than other animals. However, a horse can beat us on a cooler day. CRACKED.COM — 14 Supernatural Things Our Bodies Can Do

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TOE THUMB 2011 I'M BB CAN CRACKED.COM When a man in Ireland lost his thumb, doctors transplanted one of his big toes in its place. James Byrne, 29, had severed the thumb when sawing through a piece of wood. — BBC

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VITA RADIUM SUPPOSITORIES FOR RESTORING SEX POWER VITA RADIUM SUPPOSITORIES, for rectal use by me tone restorers of sex and energizers for the entire nervous, gla and circulatory systems These Supportories contain a result-p ing amount of highly refined soluble RADIUM, carried in a butter base The radium is absorbed thru the walls of the colon, enters the blood stream and is carried to all parts of the --to the weakened organs that need its vitalizing aid. After l its durably HEALTHY RESULTS. the radium is gradually nated in about three days. Vita Radium Suppositories are guar entirely harmless. Recommended — JF Ptak Science Books

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A BOY FROM MANCHESTER WAS BORN WITH ONE KIDNEY IN HIS THIGH. Because of a missing chromosome called 7p22.1, Hamish Robinson also has a speech impediment and deafness in one ear. His condition, called Hamish syndrome, is so unique that it was named after him. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Women's brains are four years younger compared to men who are of the same age. According to researchers this is due to an unexplained slower brain metabolism rate, and could also be the reason why women can stay mentally sharp as they age. CRACKED COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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SUDOKU-INDUCED SEIZURES 2015 1 4 7 I 3 9 2 O 2 8 I H 5 3 7 8 5 9 3 1 4 CRACKED.COM w A man got trapped in an avalanche, which cut off oxygen for 15 minutes. Afterward, he got a seizure every time he tried Sudoku puzzles. Doctor's advice? Stop doing Sudokus. That worked. — JAMA Neurology

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Humans are bioluminescent. However, the human eye is unable to see the light we emit. CRACKED.COM — 14 Supernatural Things Our Bodies Can Do

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MAGNETIC BALLS 2008 70 PIECES GRACKED.COM An eight-year-old swallowed 30 magnets and metal balls, thinking they looked like candy. By the time the hospital got its hands on her, they'd torn several holes in her intestines. — CBS News

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IN 1840, A FRENCH SURGEON INVENTED THE ARTIFICIAL LEECH FOR BLOODLETTING. It was used for treating the delicate areas around the eyes and temples. CRACKED.COM — Medicine at Michigan

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A WOMAN'S BRAIN TUMOR WAS DISCOVERED BECAUSE THE VOICES IN HER HEAD TOLD HER TO GET A BRAIN SCAN. The woman, called Patient AB, hallucinated the voices during a time when she showed no other symptoms of a tumor. When the voices wouldn't stop nagging her, she convinced a doctor to have her tested. Once she'd had surgery to remove the tumor, she says the voices thanked her for listening, then said goodbye. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Doctors don't replace your kidney, during a kidney transplant. They add a third one, and transplant in a new ureter to hook it up. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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The Man Who Ate 350 Coins

350 COINS 2002 THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL CRACKED.COM OF MEDICINE 2004 A 12-pound mass in a French man turned out to be 350 coins he'd eaten over the course of 10 years. They were so heavy that they'd pushed his stomach between his hips. — BBC

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AIDS

A GENETIC DEFECT MADE STEPHEN CROHN IMMUNE TO AIDS. Crohn had a mutation in his white blood cells that kept most strains of HIV from penetrating and affecting them. Не helped advance research towards combating the disease. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Most of us know that an adult skeleton has 206 bones, but did you know... that we are born with over 300 bones? As we grow, some bones fuse together, many in the skull and pelvis. CRACKED COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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PREGNANT FOR 60 YEARS 2015 CRACKED.COM A Chilean woman carried a fetus for 60 years. Well, a calcified fetus, not a living one. It caused discomfort but was too risky to remove, so doctors told the 91-year-old to just let it be. — CNN

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50% of our hand strength comes from our pinky. The index, middle finger, and thumb are most adept at function- while the pinky and ring finger are the most powerful. CRACKED.COM — 14 Supernatural Things Our Bodies Can Do

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UNBORN TWIN 1999 CRACKED.COM An Indian farmer carried his unborn twin for 36 years. Doctors finally cut into him, expecting a tumor, but what they found had limbs, fingernails, and hair and lived off his blood. — ABC

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A WOMAN LIVES A NORMAL LIFE WITH ONLY HALF A BRAIN. When she was 8, Christina Santhouse had to get the right hemisphere of her brain removed due to a condition called Rasmussen's Syndrome. Besides her paralysis in her left arm and visual impairments, she is pretty much fine. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Your liver has a superhuman ability to regrow. Donor Recipient ©2016 The liver can grow back its full size even after 75% of it is removed. When you donate your liver, the donated part will grow back to full size in the host's body; yours will too. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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A BABY PREGNANT WITH TWO BABIES 2015 CRACKED.COM Technically, they were absorbed siblings, not her children. But doctors were still pretty freaked out to see the Hong Kong newborn with two fetuses between her liver and kidney. — ABC News

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JUN ( XV 24 PRS A fetus can heal the pregnant person's organs. If a person's heart becomes damaged during pregnancy, stem cells from the fetus will circulate into their body and repair the damage. CRACKED.COM — 14 Supernatural Things Our Bodies Can Do

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CONCRETE BUTT 1987 CRACKED.COM A 20-year-old man went to the ER with intestinal pain. Turned out his boyfriend had filled his butthole up with cement. Doctors also found a ping pong ball up there. — American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

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A PATIENT GETS SICK WHEN НЕ TELLS A LIE. The man, 51, experiences a loss of consciousness, convulsions, hallucinations, and anxiety for more than a third of the time when he lies. His condition is called Pinocchio Syndrome. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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