November 24, 2004

It's disease-errific! It's the Malady of the Month; this month's is Dermoid Cysts, which "...have to rank as one of the creepiest things that can happen to a girl...result from a very independent (or confused) egg thinking that it can develop on its own with only half of its own genetic material..."

With pictures!

posted by rodgerd 20 years ago
  • *shudder*
  • That may be one of the best "more insides" usages I've seen. However, it isn't enough to convince me to actually go to the site...
  • whoops, "more inside".
  • Ew. Reminds me of an emergency training instructor who liked to talk about this with relish.
  • ack!!! beware the syphilus photos. And to think, I was thinking about starting to date again.
  • That was like seeing a horrific car accident and not being able to look away - the pictures in some of their other diseases of the month were just awful
  • I am never leaving my house again. I will dream of Guinea worms every night for the rest of my life. I will scream until my throat bleeds. What I don't understand is, if it was so gross, why did I keep clicking?
  • Savannah, I completely understand. I am horribly disgusted by my right index finger. It may be time to amputate
  • Don't click on the Harlequin fetus.
  • *runs screaming from computer*
  • Is this the correct forum to talk about my interstitial cystitis? Heard you the first time, flasher.
  • *claws frantically at eyes--prays to any God listening to please take those visions out of my head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*!@#$%^&*())&^%^$%#$#$
  • Adding Buruli Ulcers to my extensive list of reasons not to venture into climes that don't experience winter.
  • *would like to point out he doesn't actually have cystitis*
  • I finally had to stop clicking after the syphillus one...felt queasy. As a teen, I can say that those shots are the strongest reason I've gotten yet for safe sex, they should be included in all health classes.
  • And the hemorrhoids. These can be avoided with proper diet, and that is just what I am going to do. I you have not yet clicked on the hemorrhoids, do not [DO NOT]do so.
  • Wow. If they develop various cellular structures, I wonder if any of them have neurons? Maybe some of these cysts are sentient little bags of flesh waiting for someone to mercifully excise them. On the other hand, maybe they don't want to be removed. Getting one of these things taken out is tantamount to abortion! After all, who can say when ensoulment occurs? Pro-life groups might want a heads-up on this.
  • One of my EMT instructors had fabulous photos of all the guts and veins of twenty-odd years of sidewalk medical attending he'd done. Wonder if he has a website?