Woman Loses Her Voice for 12 Years After Accidentally Swallowing a Coin
Marie McCreadie was just 13 years old when she lost her voice to what doctors could only assume was a freak virus. 12 years later, she was shocked to discover that her sudden loss of voice had been caused by an old coin stuck between her vocal coins, which prevented them from vibrating. This is […]
Australian Man Dies After Allegedly Swallowing a Gecko as a Party Dare
34-year-old David Dowell, a father of three from Brisbane, Australia, tragically lost his life after becoming infected with salmonella, which friends claim was the result of him eating a small gecko lizard as a party dare. Dowell, who would have turned 35 last week, was brought in to Brisbane’s Mater Hospital in “absolute agony” on […]
Misophonia – The Rare Condition That Makes Certain Sounds Unbearable for Sufferers
Imagine hearing someone chewing a piece of bubble gum loudly and being overwhelmed by a feeling of anger, disgust or panic. Sounds like loud chewing or slurping can be hard to put up with for most of us, but for people suffering from a rare condition called misophonia, it’s virtually impossible. Misophonia, also known as […]
Thai Doctor Finds Tiny Lizard Living in Patient’s Ear
25-year-old Varanya Nganthavee will likely remember her first day as a doctor at at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok for a very long time. After all, it’s not every day that you find a live gecko in a patient’s ear. The young doctor recently posted her unusual experience on Facebook. She had nearly finished her first […]
Man’s Occasional Headache Turns Out to Be Caused by Wood Splinters Stuck in His Brain for Five Years
A Chinese man who recently turned up at a hospital in Yunnan Province with a swollen eyelid and excruciating headache was shocked to learn that his condition was caused by several pieces of wood stuck in his brain. The 41-year-old man, surnamed Zhou, told doctors that he first realized something was wrong about two months […]
Mysterious Condition Causes Middle-Aged Woman’s Breasts to Grow Uncontrollably
A 46-year old Thai woman recently issued a public cry for help after her breasts suddenly started to grow a few months ago, leaving her unable to work or even move around without using crutches. Thai media recently presented the case of Lam Phrai Si Nuan, a 46-year-old woman from a village in the country’s Phitsanulok province, […]
Man Gets So Drunk He Unknowingly Swallows His House Keys
Last week, a Chinese man went to the hospital after experiencing severe chest pain and was shocked to learn that his discomfort was caused by the house keys he thought he had lost the night before after getting drunk with his friends. On June 7th, a 26-year-old man, identified solely as Chang, from Guangdong, China, […]
11-Year-Old Boy Eats Five Times a Day to Gain Weight And Save His Father’s Life
An 11-year-old boy from Xinxiang city, China’s Henan province, has been praised for taking on the mission of saving his father’s life by eating as much as he possibly can. Lu Zikuan’s father was diagnosed with leukemia seven years ago and has been treated with medication ever since. However, last August his health started deteriorating drastically […]
Constipation Allegedly Causes Woman to Temporarily Lose 10 Years Worth of Memories
A Hong Kong woman reportedly suffered a case of short-term amnesia which made her unable to remember anything from the last 10 years of her life, after straining too hard on the toilet due to constipation. We all know that straining too hard when trying to move bowels can have a host of side effects, […]
Woman Turns to Hypnotherapy to Cure Bizarre Michael Jackson Phobia
Poppy Johnson, a 23-year-old woman from the UK, claims she has been suffering from an irrational fear of pop legend Michael Jackson for 18 years, ever since she saw the Thriller music video for the first time. The London-based bar tender was only five when she saw Michael Jackson’s iconic Thriller music video. She recalls […]
Drunk Man Throws Up Tumour, Gets Scared, Swallows It Back
A 63-year-old man recently made news headlines in China for reportedly throwing up a tumor after a drinking session, then getting scared and swallowing it back. The unnamed man from Hunchun County, in China’s Hubei Province, had allegedly been feeling discomfort in his throat for some time, but since it didn’t hinder his breathing or swallowing […]
Rare Condition Causes Teen’s Short Term Memory to Reset Every Day
A year and a half ago, Caitlin Little, a sophomore at Southeast Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, suffered a concussion during a cross-country practice which left her with a rare form of amnesia. All of her new memories are erased each night, so every morning she wakes up thinking it’s October 2017. Caitlin’s case […]
Neck Stretching Causes 28-Year-Old Man to Suffer Major Stroke
Everyone feels the need to stretch their neck every once in a while, but in rare cases it can cause more than a satisfying pop. A 28-year-old Oklahoma man ended up in the hospital after tearing his vertebral artery by stretching his neck to alleviate neck soreness. Josh Hader was working from his home in Guthrie, […]
Man Claims Cheap Dog Deworming Medicine Cured His Terminal Cancer
An Oklahoma man who was once diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer and told hat he only had three months live claims he is now tumor-free thanks to a $5 deworming drug usually meant for dogs. Joe Tippens was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer in 2016. Despite undergoing treatment for the disease, by January of 2017, […]
This Thai Hospital Gives You Instant Six-Pack Abs
The aptly-named Masterpiece Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, recently went viral for offering a plastic surgery procedure that gives patients instant six-pack abs. Despite what many gym-addicts will tell you, getting defined six-pack abs is really hard, and for some of us downright impossible. No matter how much we work out, we just can’t seem to […]