weird medicine
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This Woman’s Mouth Keeps Growing Hairs
A woman in Italy developed a rare, literally hair-raising medical condition, her doctors say. In a case study, they describe how the woman grew eyelash-like hairs inside of her mouth. What’s worse, the hairs kept returning after their initial removal.
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An Ultramarathon Runner Puked So Hard He Tore Open His Esophagus
Even for the best of us, running a marathon can be hellish. But for one 37-year-old man running his first 160-kilometre ultramarathon in California, the experience became a downright nightmare when he vomited so hard that he tore a hole in his esophagus.
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A Man Developed ‘Feather Duvet Lung’ After Getting New Bedding
A UK man’s innocent decision to change his bedding caused him to develop a strange, rare condition that left him gasping for air, his doctors say. In a new case study out Monday, they detail how the man came down with a rare form of allergy to the bird feathers that filled his new duvet…
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‘Yikes, I’m A Host’: What It’s Like To Have Parasitic Eye Worms
It’s not every day that you turn into a medical curiosity. But that’s exactly what happened to Dianne Travers Gustafson, a retired medical anthropologist and public health researcher from Nebraska. In February 2018, her eyes had the misfortune of becoming infected by a particular kind of parasitic roundworm spread by face flies. She likely fell…