Chinese Man Lives with Functional Cigarette Lighter in His Stomach for 30 Years
A Chinese man who had forgotten about swallowing a cigarette lighter 30 years ago, as a dare, was shocked to find it still worked after being removed by doctors.
Doctors Document Rare Case of Dropped Head Syndrome Caused by Drug Use
Doctors at Iran’s Isfahan University of Medicine recently documented the case of a 23-year-old male whose head dropped to a 90-degree angle because his neck muscles could no longer support it. Cervical Kyphospholiosis (CKS), aka “Dropped Head Syndrome,” is a serious medical condition characterized by weakness in the neck extensor muscles, which renders them unable […]
Man Asks Doctor to Remove Two Healthy Fingers from His Hand Because They Traumatized Him
A Quebec man suffering from body integrity identity disorder (BIID) asked a doctor to remove the fourth and fifth fingers on his left hand because he felt they didn’t belong on his body. Dr. Nadia Nadeau from the Department of Psychiatry at Université Laval recently published a case report about an unnamed patient who had […]
Teen Has Metal Coin Stuck Between Vochal Cords in Bizarre Accident
A California teen became the subject of a recent medical paper after getting a metal coin vertically stuck between his vocal cords like in a slot machine. In a medical report published in this month’s New England Journal of Medicine, a team of doctors detailed the bizarre case of a 14-year-old boy who showed up […]
Doctors Remove Live Eel from Man’s Abdomen in Bizarre Medical Emergency
Vietnamese doctors recently saved a young man’s life by removing a live 30-cm-long eel from his abdomen, where it had caused intestinal perforations. On March 20, a 34-year-old man was admitted to the Hai Ha District Medical Center in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, with severe abdominal cramps. Since the patient was in too much pain […]