General Ickiness
chrisdrudge | August 24, 2008Check out this article, which does a nice job of summarizing what clinical vampirism is all about. Honestly, all I cared about were the nasty-ass case reports. Highlights include the dude who liked to jerk off to the sight of his own blood and had managed to figure out how to cut himself so as to cause blood to spurt into his mouth, and the pregnant woman who was hospitalized on multiple occasions for vomiting large quantities of her own blood, which she ingested via cuts she made in the base of her tongue. I've managed to find a couple of other publications of interest.
Hemphill RE, Zabow T…
chrisdrudge | March 13, 2008I really wanted to make a Sixth Sense joke in the title of this post, but thankfully I managed to overcome my deep-seated desire to fill this blog with nine year old pop culture references and decided that classic Seuss was the way to go. Now to offend some of you.
Catanese G, Bloom T. Recovery of a mummified pregnant woman from a 55-gallon drum more than 30 years after her death. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2002 Sep;23(3):245-7.
Well, the next time I have to dispose of the body of some chick I knocked up and then knocked out, I'm going drum shopping.
People, dead pregnant women jokes are the…
chrisdrudge | February 27, 2008Sauper T, Lanthaler M, Biebl M, Weiss H, Nehoda H. Impaired anal sphincter function in professional cyclists. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2007;119(5-6):170-3.
Professional cycling: Voluntary defecation control is for pussies.
chrisdrudge | January 30, 2008Santucci RA, Deng D, Carney J. Removal of metal penile foreign body with a widely available emergency-medical-services-provided air-driven grinder.
Urology. 2004 Jun;63(6):1183-4.
Dude! Remember that one time when they had to remove that barbell from my dick with an air grinder? That was so sick!
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Sandhu A, Gross M, Wylie J, Van Caeseele P, Plourde P. Pseudomonas aeruginosa necrotizing chondritis complicating high helical ear piercing case report: clinical and public health perspectives. Can J Public Health. 2007 Jan-Feb;98(1):74-7.
Y'know what debridement and removal of necrotic…
chrisdrudge | January 21, 2008Hadi HI, Quah HM, Maw A. A missing tongue stud: an unusual appendicular foreign body. Int Surg. 2006 Mar-Apr;91(2):87-9.
Mmm...appendicitis.
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Das G, Rawal N, Bolton LM. The case of the missing "Prince Albert". Obstet Gynecol. 2005 May;105(5 Pt 2):1273-5.
Okay, can someone attempt to explain to me the appeal of sticking a needle in my twig? Is it really that cool being able to pee out of two holes? Is the sex really that much better? People are so weird.
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Atac MS. Impacted earring clip visible on panoramic radiograph. Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2006 Jan;35(1):36-7.
Oh, I left an earring in…
chrisdrudge | January 14, 2008Toquero L, Briggs CD, Bassuini MM, Rochester JR. Anal ulceration associated with Nicorandil: case series and review of the literature. Colorectal Dis. 2006 Oct;8(8):717-20. Review.
Worst adverse drug effect ever. Well, besides miscarriage or toxic epidermal necrolysis. Those suck pretty hard.