Topic: medical diagnosis
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Mysterious Keto Rash: Causes Still Unknown
A man in Taiwan developed a persistent, itchy rash that was ultimately linked to his recent adoption of a ketogenic diet, highlighting an unexpected side effect. The ketogenic diet forces the body into ketosis, a metabolic state where fat is broken down into ketone bodies to be used as an alterna...
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The Shocking Cause Behind This Disturbing Eye Photo
A 63-year-old man developed a severe systemic infection, including lung and liver masses, after initial gastrointestinal illness, which later caused sudden vision loss in one eye due to a rare, aggressive ocular infection called panophthalmitis. Diagnostic imaging revealed over fifteen nodules in...
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Brain Worm Infection Confirmed After Lab Eggs Grow Tails
A rice farmer in the Philippines was diagnosed with neuroschistosomiasis after an MRI revealed parasitic nodules in her brain following a sudden episode of involuntary shaking. The condition is caused by "Schistosoma japonicum", a blood fluke parasite prevalent in the region that infects humans w...
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Man dies after amoebas eat him alive, leaving necrotic lesions
A 78-year-old man suffered severe skin lesions and ulcers for six months, with doctors initially baffled before specialists at Yale identified the cause as a common, free-living amoeba called "Acanthamoeba". The infection, detailed in "Emerging Infectious Diseases", had advanced too far by the ti...
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Man's eyeball massage with gun ends predictably in injury
A man in his 20s developed severe retinal damage including multiple tears, bruising, and retinal dialysis in both eyes after using a percussive massage gun directly on his closed eyelids to relieve eye strain. The damage was so extensive that doctors initially suspected blunt force trauma, but th...
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