weird medicine
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A Man Ate a Toothpick and It Was Stuck in His Butt for Months
Doctors in Japan say a man’s accidental ingestion of a toothpick left him dealing with months of pain in his back and leg — all caused by said toothpick getting stuck in his rectum. Once the toothpick was removed, the man’s troubles fortunately went away.
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Woman With Rare Skull Condition Leaked Spinal Fluid After Covid-19 Nasal Swab, Doctors Say
A Iowa woman’s nasal swab test for covid-19 caused her to leak spinal fluid, her doctors report, in what seems to be the first recorded injury of its kind related to the novel coronavirus. But don’t worry too much about something similar happening to you during a swab test — the unfortunate accident was likely…
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A Lab Accident Likely Led to a Woman’s Death From Brain-Destroying Prions 9 Years Later
A lab accident in 2010 likely led to a woman’s untimely death nearly a decade later, according to doctors in France. In a recent case study, they describe how a woman in her early 30s developed a universally fatal brain disorder years after she had pierced her skin with equipment used to handle infectious rogue…
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Is Cleaning Your Ears With Cotton Swabs Really That Dangerous?
A real-life horror tale that’s gotten renewed media attention last year is sure to make you think twice about digging earwax out of your ears. An Australian woman says she developed a life-threatening infection that ate away parts of her skull after years of swabbing her ears with cotton. But how likely is that scenario…