Diagnostic dilemma: A toddler accidently ate gonorrhea bacteria from a lab dish
A young kid unintentionally taken in the contents of a laboratory meal and wound up with a bacterial infection. (Image credit: Smith Collection/Gado/ Contributor through Getty Images) The client: A…
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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman kept tasting bleach — and doctors found a hidden cause in her blood
data-pin-nopin=”true” fetchpriority=”high”> A female had an odd case of pica, in which individuals compulsively consume or taste things that aren’t food. (Image credit: FotoDuets/Getty Images) The client: A 36-year-old lady…
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Diagnostic dilemma: Woman’s severe knee pain reveals ‘golden threads’ in her joints
fetchpriority=”high”> An X-ray of the front (A) and side (B) of the client’s left knee. The lines are the small golden threads. (Image credit: The New England Journal of Medicine…
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Diagnostic dilemma: A man’s preference for ‘soft’ bacon may have given him brain worms
A guy chosen to consume non-crispy bacon, which in an uncommon medical case wound up offering him brain worms.[ 19659003](Image credit: nazarethman through Getty Images(bacon)/ Rjgalindo, CC BY-SA 3.0, by…
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Diagnostic dilemma: Rare semen allergy may have caused woman’s infertility
It was uncertain why a lady and her partner were not able to develop, however a battery of allergic reaction tests indicated a possible offender. (Image credit: SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTO…
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Diagnostic dilemma: Weird lump in woman’s hip was sponge left behind during C-section
A CT scan exposed a ballooning cyst in the lady’s abdominal area. (Image credit: Courtesy of Dr. Amit Agarwal ) The client: A 38-year-old female in New Delhi The signs:…
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Diagnostic dilemma: Orgasm involving a kitchen whisk likely triggered person’s fatal aneurysm
A female passed away after a “berry aneurysm” burst in the area in between her brain and the surrounding tissue. (Image credit: mr.suphachai praserdumrongchai/Getty Images) The deceased: A 39-year-old female…
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Diagnostic dilemma: A man held in a sneeze — and it punctured his windpipe
An X-ray exposed that the guy had pockets of air caught below the skin of his neck, as revealed by the arrows above. (Image credit: BMJ Case Reports 2023) The…
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Diagnostic dilemma: A scientist caught plague from bacteria thought to be ‘noninfectious’
A male captured the afflict while dealing with germs in a laboratory. (This is a stock image. ) (Image credit: poba/Getty Images) The client: A 60-year-old guy in Chicago who…
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Diagnostic dilemma: Growing weed with bat poop left 2 men with deadly infections
The clients: A 59-year-old male (client one) and a 64-year-old guy (client 2) in Rochester, New York The signs: Client one was at first confessed to the medical facility for…
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