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30 Eyebrow-Arching Medical Facts

Imagine having hiccups for three years straight

30 Eyebrow-Arching Medical Facts

November 18, 2023

You know the annoyance of having hiccups for just a couple of minutes? Imagine that feeling but it’s three years instead. That’s exactly what happened to Chris Sands; however, his condition ended up saving his life in a way. More on that and 29 other bonkers medical facts below…

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The human eye can see in 576 Megapixels. The world's best camera tops out at 400. CRACKED.COM — 14 Supernatural Things Our Bodies Can Do

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ORGAN THIEVES 2009 CRACKED.COM Colleen Burns opened her eyes to find herself on the operating table, doctors about to remove her organs and transplant them. They'd incorrectly diagnosed her as brain-dead. — ABC News

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JUGUM PENIS WAS A MEDICAL ANSWER TO SPERMATORRHOEA, NOW KNOWN AS NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS. It was also an anti-masturbation device. CRACKED.COM — Science Museum Group

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JO CAMERON CAN'T FEEL PAIN AND HEALS WITHOUT SCARS. Doctors first found out about Cameron's condition when she seemed unbothered by a supposedly painful hip problem. She has a mutant gene that also makes her wounds heal without scarring. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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CRACKED.COM Soldiers in an elite German unit are growing left breasts. w on m 123 In their drill, they're hitting that side of their chests with rifles over and over, and that seems to be making breast tissue grow. Scientists just aren't sure how. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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A TODDLER DIDN'T SLEEP, EVER 2009 CRACKED.COM Rhett Lamb suffered from a rare condition called chiari malformation, and he never slept, no matter how tired he got. Lucky for him (and his parents), surgery fixed it. — ABC News

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Eyes d little und 1 not physiological. Act requiring a prescription ntinues to be a problem today FOND it TAMPON OPIUM BELLADONHA IN ANCIENT ROME, of ON TONY OPIUM-SOAKED AMPON Co TAMPONS WERE USED TO ALLEVIATE MENSTRUAL PAIN. The wool tampons were also soaked in almond oil, ох marrow, and goose fat. CRACKED.COM — Atlas Obscura

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A MONTH AFTER A BANGLADESHI WOMAN DELIVERED A BABY, SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR STOMACH PAINS. It turned out she has two wombs and that she was in labor again, giving birth to twins. Arifa Sultana has a condition called uterus didelphys, where a woman develops two uteruses instead of one. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Think all poop stinks? Not to your mother. Scientists found that when mothers sniffed and rated various samples of baby poop, they reported that poop from their own babies smelled less nasty. It actually makes sense. If mothers are less disgusted by their own children, they'll take better care of them. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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SURFING RIPPED OUT AN EYE GROWTH 2014 CRACKED.COM A 61-year-old had a pterygium, fibrous tissue over the eye. Не surfed in Hawaii, dipped his face in the water while riding a 30-foot wave, and the water ripped the growth out. — British Medical Journal

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The human body contains enough iron to make an entire nail. It would be about 3 inches long. CRACKED.COM — 14 Supernatural Things Our Bodies Can Do

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NAIL IN THE SKULL 2005 AirStrike RYOBI GRAGKED.COM A colorado man went to the doctor complaining of tooth pain and blurred vision. Turns out he'd shot a nail right up into his skull with a nailgun and didn't realize it. — NY Times

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Pine hos containing five fine-bladed surgical scalpels, с 1940s cooos 102MM ARCHI YOUNG & SON PROTEST ROAD EDINBURGH A TONSIL GUILLOTINE SLICED OFF YOUR TONSILS. Doctors recommended tonsillectomies if you had a reoccurring sore throat. CRACKED.COM — The Science Group

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SANDRA LAING'S CONDITION IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF ALBINISM. After three generations of all-white ancestors, Laing was born with dark skin and curly black hair. Due to her skin color, she struggled with racism and discrimination in South Africa. Her life was later turned into a documentary film entitled Skin. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Every year in the US at least 4,000 items are left inside patients after surgery. In the medical world it is known as retained surgical items. GRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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HICCUPS LASTED THREE YEARS 2010 CRACKED.COM Chris Sands starred in a documentary about the hiccups, and they diagnosed him with ... a brain tumor. Не was lucky; without the hiccups, the tumor might have grown undetected and killed him. — BBC

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Strokes

A HICKEY GAVE A WOMAN A STROKE. 20 2010 21 mm CRACKED.COM Days after a make-out session, a 44-year-old Maori woman found her arm getting weaker. Turned out a love bite had created a blood clot, which traveled to her head and led to a stroke. — New Zealand Medical Journal

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Human fingers and feet get pruny so we can grip things underwater. This allowed us to evolve and survive in wet climates. CRACKED.COM — 14 Supernatural Things Our Bodies Can Do

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PENCIL IMPALEMENT GREAT BRITAIN STAE 2007 MADE IN GERMANY D STAEDTLER OST CRACKED.COM A pencil went into Margaret Wener's cheek and into her brain when she was four. Doctors could not remove it. She had to leave it there for 54 years until medical tech evolved. — CBS News

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THE LIFE AWAKENER WAS SAID TO CURE SLEEPLESSNESS TO MEASLES TO EPILEPSY... BY REPEATED STABBINGS. After puncturing the skin, the doctor would apply oil irritant to cause blistering. CRACKED.COM — UCSF

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A JOCK GOT MUGGED, SUFFERED FROM A CONCUSSION, AND SUDDENLY BECAME A GENIUS. After recovery, Jason Padgett started seeing geometrical shapes everywhere. Не didn't know what it was, but after a few math classes, he realized it was math fractals he was seeing. Padgett's condition is called acquired savant syndrome. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Chronic gamers make excellent surgeons. GRACKED.COM According to a 2007 study of students training to become surgeons, long time gamers performed up to 47% better on screen assisted surgeries than non-gamers. Remember this when it is time for a colonoscopy. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Gabby Gingras

A GIRL WAS BORN UNABLE TO FEEL PAIN 2018 CRACKED.COM Sounds fun? Not really. Gabby Gingras has suffered all kinds of injuries as a result, knocking out her teeth, mangling her fingers, and then losing vision in one eye after knocking her head. — ABC News

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Goosebumps used to help us fight predators. Goosebumps occur in an adrenaline fueled scenario because it makes hair on our bodies stand up, which once made us look larger and more threatening to our predators. CRACKED.COM — 14 Supernatural Things Our Bodies Can Do

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TOXIC PATIENT 1994 CRACKED.COM Cancer patient Gloria Ramirez went to the hospital. Nurses smelled something strange when they drew her blood. Gloria died, and fumes that sprang from her injured 23 people nearby. — LA Times

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du gan to Machine die zerglicderte Machine la Machane entere lo 3923456474 part The Jy2 Tys Ty s Try TOBACCO SMOKE ENEMAS WERE USED TO RESUSCITATE PEOPLE WHO HAD DROWNED. Doctors literally blew smoke up drowned people's... rectums. CRACKED.COM — Popular Science

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A MAN WITH PANCREATITIS DEVELOPED PERSISTENT HICCUPS THAT CAN ONLY BE CURED WITH A RECTAL MASSAGE. Different medications were administered to him to no avail. After a few hours, his hiccups came back, and the doctor got rid of it by performing another rectal massage. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Like any other organ, a cornea needs oxygen to function but has no blood vessel to supply it. To make up for it, it gets oxygen directly from the air. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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A HEART THAT DOES NOT BEAT 2011 CRACKED.COM We've had artificial hearts of various designs for decades. But Craig Lewis has a continuous pump, not a rhythmic one. That means he has no pulse. Turns out you don't need one. — NPR

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