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A Man Developed 'Restless Anus Syndrome' After Contracting COVID—Here's What You Need to Know
Following his recovery from the virus, he experienced 'deep anal discomfort,' according to a new case report.
A Teenage Girl Developed ‘Rapunzel Syndrome’ After Eating Her Own Hair—Here’s What That Means
Doctors found that the mass of hair actually perforated her stomach wall.
This Woman Found Out She Had Tapeworm Larvae in Her Brain After Suffering Painful Headaches
Doctors Found a Live Worm in a Woman's Tonsil 5 Days After She Ate Sashimi
She sought treatment for a sore, irritated throat.
What Is Corkscrew Esophagus? Here's What a Gastroenterologist Says
The condition is often misdiagnosed as acid reflux at first.
The Growths On This Woman's Lips Were Actually a Rare Sign That She's at Risk of Breast Cancer
The condition, called Cowden's syndrome, makes a woman's chances of having breast cancer shoot up to 85 percent.
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Surgeons Literally Removed This Branch-Shaped Buildup of Bile From Inside A Woman's Body
She went to the ER after having jaundice for two months.
This Woman's Double Big Toe—Yes, a Toe Within a Toe—Was So Painful She Needed Corrective Surgery
This rare deformity resulted in an oversized and painful toe.
Graphic Photo Shows Girl With Lead Lodged in Her Eye After a Classmate Threw a Pencil at Her
The Strange 'Velvety' Appearance of This Woman's Palms Was Actually a Sign of Lung Cancer
This Man's Toe Started Bleeding After Someone Stepped On It—But It Turned Out to Be a Symptom of Melanoma
This Woman's Urine Turned Purple—and That's Actually More Common Than You'd Think

This Man Had a 3-Inch Pair of Tweezers Stuck in His Urethra—But Showed No Symptoms for 4 Years

No one knows how or why the tweezers got stuck.

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This Woman Suffered A Severe Neck Burn After Sleeping On Top Of Her Generic Phone Charger
The Large, Painful Sores on This Man's Hands Were Caused By An Extremely Rare Inflammatory Disease
This Woman's Excruciating Stomach Pain Was Actually a Grapefruit-Sized Bladder Stone
A Severe Sunburn Caused A 16-Year-Old Girl To Develop Protruding Blisters On Her Back
Swimming in Contact Lenses Can Cause Vision Loss—Here's How
The Growths on This Child's Tongue Led to an Extremely Rare Medullary Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis
Rare Skin Infection Caused This Man to Have a 'Double Tongue'
Acupuncture Gone Wrong: This Woman's Lung Collapsed During a Routine Treatment
This Is What Happens When an E-Cigarette Explodes in Your Mouth
What Are Splinter Hemorrhages? Here's What You Need to Know
Can You Inhale Your Tooth While Sleeping? Here's How It Sent One Girl to the Hospital
This Woman Had a Giant Cutaneous Horn Growing Out of Her Thumb—and Doctors Aren't Sure Why
Valley Fever Fungus Caused the Huge Lesion on This Man's Tongue
This Woman Thought She Had a Brain Tumor, but It Was Actually a Tapeworm
Two Maggots Burrowed in This Woman's Scalp While She Was on Vacation—Here's How That Happens
This Woman Had a Hernia in Her Groin that Enveloped Her Ovary
The Bulge In This Man's Torso Turned Out to Be a Huge Aortic Aneurysm
Doctors Removed a Tick From This Boy's Eardrum After He Complained of a Buzzing Noise in His Right Ear
A Flesh-Eating Bacteria Destroyed This Man's Hand After He Was Pricked By a Fishing Hook
Viral Photo Shows Rare Disease That Made a Woman's Gums Look Exactly Like Strawberries
A Poisonous Spider Bite Left This 9-Year-Old Boy With a Gaping Hole in His Leg
This Man Died After Developing Huge Lesions on His Skin From Rectal Cancer
The Huge Bump on This Man's Eye Turned Out to Be a Rare Complication of Cataract Surgery
18-Year-Old Suffering Seizures Dies After Tapeworm Eggs Infect His Brain
A Teenager Was Diagnosed With Schizophrenia—but It Turned Out to Be an Infection From His Cat
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