Article created by: Indrė Lukošiūtė
Most of us agree that health is our most cherished treasure. Medicine has come a long way in the 21st century alone. We have advanced machines that doctors use for surgery, successful organ transplants, better cancer treatments, and improved plastic surgeries. Some medical procedures are so astounding that we call them “medical wonders.”
The subreddit r/medizzy has 363k members who share incredible medical cases that might surprise even experts. From rare conditions that make you wonder what’s possible to surgeries that show how amazing modern medicine is, this is a place to learn about the human body and the challenges doctors face. Take a journey through these enlightening, inspiring, and at times astonishing posts from the group. It’s all about medicine here!
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This Is How Great Surgery Has Evolved! Here You Can See The Result Of An Underbite Surgery And Jaw Positioning Correction
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Before And After Surgery For Craniofacial Duplication
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Incredible Photograph Of The Heart Strings Inside The Heart
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The Difference After Jaw Surgery And Rhinoplasty Made On This Woman
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This Is How Purified DNA Strands Look In A Test Tube!
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Differences In Muscle Mass
This study looked at how exercise can preserve muscle mass. Here they compare a 74-year old sedentary man and a 70-year old triathlete, and the difference in fat and muscle tissue is extreme
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It Is Fortunately Not A Craniofacial Trauma, It’s A Photo Distorsion Caused By A Patient Moving In The Middle Of A CT Scan Due To A Panic Attack As A Result Of Having Claustrophobia
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Completely White Gums! A 48-Year-Old Woman Went To The Hospital Complaining Of Fatigue And Painful, Swollen Gums That Were All White
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My Husband Suffers Frequent Kidney Stones. He Just Passed This Nightmarish Thing
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Triphalangeal Thumb (TPT) Is A Congenitalmalformation Where The Thumb Has Three Phalanges Instead Of Two
The extra phalangeal bone can vary in size from that of a small pebble to a size comparable to the phalanges in non-thumb digits.
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X-Ray Of A Patient Who Had A Long History Of Chewing And Gnawing Their Fingers To The Bone
This resulted in severe bacterial infections which had to be treated with multiple amputations amputations
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When A Nurse Lets You And Your Partner Know That The Patient You Transported A Month Ago Did Not Just Have A Small Cut On His Back
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Raynaud’s Phenomenon. It Is A Medical Condition In Which Spasm Of Arteries Cause Episodes Of Reduced Blood Flow
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Got In A Wreck And Messed My Eye Up And Had To Do Some Sort Of Procedure And I Looked Pretty Cool
