MRI Sex
Dr. Pek Van Andel, who won an Ig Nobel Prize in 2009 for making the first MRI images of a couple’s sex organs while those organs were in use, also made a video of the phenomenon. Here is the video. Skip to 1:35.
Purse-string suture used prior to skin grafting
This is a common suture procedure used in round wounds before introducing the skin graft, since it can significantly reduce the surface area needing to be covered by the transplanted tissue. As many skin grafts are what’s known as auto-transplanted tissue (coming from another, healthy part of the body), techniques like this are important in minimizing the area of the secondary injury caused by even half-thickness tissue harvesting.
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (also called Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia) is an extremely rare genetic, hereditary, skin disorder characterized by abnormal susceptibility to human papillomaviruses (HPVs) of the skin. The resulting uncontrolled HPV infections result in the growth of scaly macules and papules, particularly on the hands and feet.
(via fuckyeahmedicalstuff)
Fragmented granular pieces of partially digested pills from the stomach contents of a suicide victim.
Mononucleosis, the ’ kissing disease’, is a disease most commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the Herpes family of the DNA viruses. The EBV virus affects the lymphocytes- white blood cells that battle infections by attacking antibodies.
Contrary to common belief, EBV is not highly contagious. It can only be contracted through direct contact with an infected person’s saliva.
About 95% of the population has been exposed to this virus by the age of 40, but only 15-20% of teenagers and about 40% of adults exposed actually become infected.
Harlequin Icthyosis is the most severe form of congenital icthyosis (genetic skin disorders), characterized by a thickening of the keratin layer in fetal human skin. As a result (cracked skin in locations where normal skin would fold) it is easily pregnable by bacteria and other contaminants, resulting in serious risk of fatal infection. It is associated with a mutation in the gene for the protein ABCA12.
In most cases, these babies will go to hospice. There are 10 people in America that are currently alive and suffering with this disease.
Nusrit “Nelly” Shaheen (born 1984) is the oldest survivor with the condition in the UK. She is one of nine children, four of whom also suffered from the condition and died as young children.
Frostbitten fingers
These blood-filled blisters are common in third-degree and fourth-degree frostbite. Permanent nerve damage is usually caused by the deep burns.
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Aftermath of the escaped exotic animals in Ohio
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“I was born deaf and 8 weeks ago I received a hearing implant. This is the video of them turning it on and me hearing myself for the first time :) Edit: For those of you who have asked the implant I received was Esteem offered by Envoy Medical”
-sloanchurman
this is not me! this is a lady i found on youtube. all the credit should go to her awesome and inspiring story. this is her youtube name “sloanchurman”
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