5 strange medical cases

Physicians are always dealing with a variety of cases, but sometimes some of them are really special and remain in the memory of everyone. 2017 was certainly an exciting year from the perspective of medicine, and we chose 5 of the most atypical medical cases! . The woman had periodic bleeding in the face and palms without cuts or skin lesions. While the woman was in hospital, doctors noticed an episode in which the fluid combined with blood broke out of her. She was diagnosed with hematohydrosis, a rare condition that has been reported only 42 times since 1880 to date. The cause of the disease is unknown.

Some researchers have hypothesized that increased blood pressure causes blood cells to pass from the blood vessels to the sweat glands. Other researchers have speculated that this condition may result from activating the body's Urinary stone of almost 800 grams Bladder stones are the mineral masses that form in the bladder, varying in size from near microscopic to an inch or more in diameter. It was discovered that a man in California had a particularly large stone, close to the size of a ostrich egg. The stone measured 9. 5 x 7.

5 cm and weighed 770 grams. More than a decade earlier, the man asked for surgery to remove his bladder as a treatment for bladder cancer. During this surgery, doctors used segments of the male intestine to create a Such intervention may act as a replacement bladder but increases the risk of developing bladder stones. The man who eats metal A 52-year-old man from France has found over 100 pieces of metal in his stomach, including nails, knives, screws and coins. The man presented himself in the emergency room five times over a five-year period, with various symptoms, including stomach pain, nausea, and blood in vomiting.

Doctors were forced to operate in four of these occasions to eliminate massive agglomerations of indigestible material - in this case, the metal. On one occasion they managed to find more than 100 pieces of metal. These agglomerations were so large that they prevented emptying the stomach. The man was diagnosed with psychosis, which means he lost contact with reality. He recovered after surgery and addressed specialists in behavioral and mental health for subsequent treatment.

The man shot in the eyes A 45-year-old man was shot with a 0,22 caliber gun. The bullet pierced a wooden door and stood firmly in his eye. The doctors captured a striking picture of the bullet that was in the man's eye. Miraculously, the bullet did not rupture man's skull. The man had a severe pain when he came to the emergency room.

Doctors could see a bullet entry wound in the corner of the eye and there were later damage to the eyelid lacrimal channels. He underwent surgery to remove the bullet and repair damage to the tear ducts. After that, the pain of the man diminished rapidly, and his visual sensors were not affected by the bullet. Woman with Repeated Scalp In a horrible accident, a woman left without the whole scalp as a result of the hair being caught in a spinning machine. During the accident, the scalp of the woman was destroyed from the forehead to the back of her head.

But her scalp was saved in an ice plastic bag and the surgeons managed to get it back! . One year after the accident, she had a sufficient hair growth on the scalp and even managed to open and close her eyes. .