Rare Condition Allows Woman to Hear Her Own Blood Rushing Through Her Veins
Gemma Cairns, a 32-year-old woman from Scotland, can’t remember the last time she experienced total silence. Even in the absence of outside noises, she can hear everything going on inside her body, from blood pumping through her veins, to the movements of her eyes. Cairns has been able to hear noises coming from inside her […]
Teenager Loses Sight After Living on French Fries, Chips and White Bread for Years
Doctors in the UK recently reported the shocking case of a teenager whose vision has deteriorated to the point of blindness due to a poor diet based mainly on French fries, potato chips, processed meat and white bread. The Bristol-based teenager, who preferred to remain anonymous, had reportedly been eating only French fries, Pringles chips […]
Pain in the Butt – Man Somehow Lives with Eight Metal Needles Stuck in His Behind
The mystery of a Chinese man’s decade long pain in the butt has finally been solved after doctors in Hunan extracted no less than 8 embroidery needles stuck in his right buttock. For the past 10 years, Chen, a 55-year old retired man from China’s Changsha Province, had frequently experienced a stinging, tingling sensation in […]
Man’s 30-Year Headache Allegedly Caused by Worm Stuck in His Brain
A 59-year-old Chinese man who had experienced frequent headaches and even seizures over the last 30 years is now able to lead a pain-free life after doctors extracted a 10-cm worm from his brain. The man, surnamed Zhang, first started experiencing excruciating headaches and seizures in 1989. He was playing cards with friends when his […]
Man Suffers Collapsed Lung After Long Karaoke Session
A 65-year-old man from eastern China needed to be hospitalized after an unusually long karaoke session allegedly left him with a serious medical condition known as a collapsed lung. Identified solely by his surname, Wang, the elderly karaoke enthusiast realized something was wrong when he experienced shortness of breath and sharp pain on the left […]
Doctors Pull Over 500 Teeth from 7-Year-Old Boy’s Mouth
Dentists at a hospital in Chennai, India, were shocked to find over 520 teeth growing in the mouth of a seven-year-old boy who occasionally complained of toothaches. 7-year-old P. Ravindran was taken to Saveetha Dental College and Hospital in Chennai to have a swelling on his lower right jaw looked at. Dentists ordered an X-Ray […]
Doing 1,000 Squats Puts Competitive Girls in the Hospital
We’re always told that exercise is good for our health, but as two Chinese girls recently learned the hard way, overdoing it can have life-threatening consequences. On July 10, Tang, a 19-year-old girl from Chongqing, China, decided to challenge her best friend to a squatting competition to see which one of them had more stamina. […]
Parents Refuse to Donate Kidney to Their Dying Child Because She Is a Girl
A 16-year-old Indian girl is haplessly awaiting her death after suffering acute kidney failure, because her parents refuse to donate one of their kidneys to her because she is a girl. Kanchan Kumari, from Avgil village, in Sheikhpura, fell seriously ill two months ago and was rushed to the hospital after complaining of intense pain […]
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, […]