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This Woman Found Out She Had Tapeworm Larvae in Her Brain After Suffering Painful Headaches

This Woman Found Out She Had Tapeworm Larvae in Her Brain After Suffering Painful Headaches

This Woman's Double Big Toe—Yes, a Toe Within a Toe—Was So Painful She Needed Corrective Surgery

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.

Surgeons Literally Removed This Branch-Shaped Buildup of Bile From Inside A Woman's Body

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.

Graphic Photo Shows Girl With Lead Lodged in Her Eye After a Classmate Threw a Pencil at Her

Graphic Photo Shows Girl With Lead Lodged in Her Eye After a Classmate Threw a Pencil at Her

She was "just millimeters" away from going blind.

The Strange 'Velvety' Appearance of This Woman's Palms Was Actually a Sign of Lung Cancer

The Strange 'Velvety' Appearance of This Woman's Palms Was Actually a Sign of Lung Cancer

She had a condition called "tripe palms"—and it's extremely rare.

This Man's Toe Started Bleeding After Someone Stepped On It—But It Turned Out to Be a Symptom of Melanoma

This Man's Toe Started Bleeding After Someone Stepped On It—But It Turned Out to Be a Symptom of Melanoma

Reminder: Go to your dermatologist anytime you see any new spots appear on your body.

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This Woman's Urine Turned Purple—and That's Actually More Common Than You'd Think

This Woman's Urine Turned Purple—and That's Actually More Common Than You'd Think

But it's just as alarming as it sounds.

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

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.

The Large, Painful Sores on This Man's Hands Were Caused By An Extremely Rare Inflammatory Disease

The Large, Painful Sores on This Man's Hands Were Caused By An Extremely Rare Inflammatory Disease

Doctors Removed a Grapefruit-Sized Stone From This Woman's Bladder After She Complained of Stomach Pains

This Woman’s Excruciating Stomach Pain Was Actually a Grapefruit-Sized Bladder Stone

The Terrifying Reason You Should Not Be Swimming in Your Contacts

Swimming in Contact Lenses Can Cause Vision Loss—Here’s How

This 7-Year-Old's Tongue Was Covered in Large, Yellow Growths—and They Led to His Cancer Diagnosis

The Growths on This Child’s Tongue Led to an Extremely Rare Medullary Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis

Acupuncture Gone Wrong: This Woman's Lung Collapsed During a Routine Treatment

Here’s what to know about choosing a qualified acupuncturist.

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Two Maggots Burrowed in This Woman’s Scalp While She Was on Vacation and She Had No Idea

Two Maggots Burrowed in This Woman’s Scalp While She Was on Vacation—Here’s How That Happens

41-Year-Old Rushed Into Surgery After Doctors Discover a Huge Hernia That Had Taken Over Her Ovary

This Woman Had a Hernia in Her Groin that Enveloped Her Ovary

The Bulge in This Man’s Stomach Turned Out to Be a Condition That Could Have Killed Him

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

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 Hook

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

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

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

This Man Died After Developing Huge Lesions on His Skin From Rectal Cancer

74-Year-Old Man Develops Huge White Bump on His Eyeball Following Surgery

The Huge Bump on This Man's Eye Turned Out to Be a Rare Complication of Cataract Surgery

18-Year-Old Dies After Tapeworm Eggs Infect His Brain

18-Year-Old Suffering Seizures Dies After Tapeworm Eggs Infect His Brain

This Photo of a Bloody Hole in a Man’s Head From Skin Cancer Is a Serious Wake-Up Call

This Photo of a Bloody Hole in a Man’s Head From Skin Cancer Is a Serious Wake-Up Call

This Man Came Down With a Life-Threatening Infection From Cleaning His Ear With a Cotton Swab

This Man Came Down With a Life-Threatening Infection From Cleaning His Ear With a Cotton Swab

This 16-Year-Old Developed Balloon-Sized Blisters on Her Back After Being Outside for Just an Hour

A Severe Sunburn Caused A 16-Year-Old Girl To Develop Protruding Blisters On Her Back

A Teenager Was Diagnosed With Schizophrenia—but It Turned Out to Be an Infection From His Cat

A Teenager Was Diagnosed With Schizophrenia—but It Turned Out to Be an Infection From His Cat

These Severe Burn Marks On A Woman's Neck Prove Why You Should Never Sleep With Your Phone

This Woman Suffered A Severe Neck Burn After Sleeping On Top Of Her Generic Phone Charger

The Dark Lines Under This Man’s Nails Signaled a Serious Heart Condition

What Are Splinter Hemorrhages? Here’s What You Need to Know

An 84-Year-Old Man's Fingers and Toes Turned Black Because of This Rare Disease

This 84-Year-Old Man's Fingers and Toes Turned Black Because of Inflammation In His Arteries

Rare Skin Infection Caused This Man to Have a ‘Double Tongue’

Rare Skin Infection Caused This Man to Have a ‘Double Tongue’

This Woman's Back is Covered in a Purple, "Netlike" Rash—and Doctors Say It Could Be From Cold Weather

This Woman’s Back Rash and Cold Agglutinin Disease Might Have Been Triggered By New York Weather

This Girl's Blood and Skin Turned Blue After Using a Topical Anesthetic—Here's Why

What is Methemoglobinemia? What to Know About the Rare Disorder That Turned One Woman’s Blood Blue

This Girl's Toe Turned a Deep Shade of Purple After She Came in Contact With a Millipede

This Girl’s Toe Turned Purple from Millipede Staining—Here's What That Means

This Man's Dentures Were Stuck in His Voice Box for 8 Days After a Routine Procedure

This Man's Dentures Were Stuck in His Voice Box for 8 Days After a Routine Procedure

This Man’s Penis Is Slowly Turning to Solid Bone Because of an Extremely Rare Condition

What Is Penile Ossification, the Condition Causing One Man's Penis to Turn to Bone?