41 Wild Photos Of The Human Body That Have Me Staring Speechless At My Computer Screen
1.If you weren't already freaked out enough by pregnancy, check out how much babies can move in the womb.
2.This is what your skin looks like if you have a super low body fat percentage.
3.Here's what a buildup of scar tissue looks like in the eye.
4.Did you know it's possible to have two uvulas?
5.If you're allergic to bee stings, you can look forward to this when stung.
6.I'm willing to bet you've never seen a tooth with roots this long.
7.I'm convinced this woman got hit by ice powers from her sister.
8.Did you know our fingers only have creases because we bend them so much?
9.Did you know it's also possible to have extra creases on your hand?
10.This is what it looks like to be missing your middle finger.
11.If you're low in iron, you might develop "spoon nails" like this.
12.All kinds of conditions can affect the shape of your pupil — like this one, where a woman has this tiny, irregular-shaped pupil but has no issues with vision beyond some nearsightedness!
13.Ever wondered what excessive backed-up poop looks like? Here ya go!
14.This is what it looks like to be missing a pectoral muscle.
15.This fungal tongue inspection looks like hair, and I want to personally apologize for showing you this.
16.Medical PSA: If you get an animal or bugbite and redness seems to be traveling through your bloodstream, got to the ER immediately. It's an infection moving through the lymphatic system that can give you sepsis and kill you.
17.Seriously. Here's a guy who got bitten by a cat and got steroids and antibiotics, and look at how much it affected him anyways.
18.Here's how your body can react to a new medication.
19.Did you know that if a usable vein can't be found for an IV, they can just stick it in your throat?
20.Here's how nail biting can affect your nails long-term.
21.Here's what bone looks like under a microscope.
22.Here's how swollen your hand can get from an insect bite.
23.Here's how much vitiligo's appearance can change when you get tan.
24.Most people think of vitiligo as having different colors in your skin, but you likely don't know that it can also affect your eye color.
25.You can also have vitiligo affect hair color, including eyelashes.
26.In case you didn't know, our faces look wildly creepy under MRIs.
27.Guess what's even worse? This MRI of someone talking.
28.This is how hairy people's legs can be.
29.This person is allergic to their own immune system, so, in their words, their skin is sometimes "like 'nope, gotta change.'"
30.Here's how big a Uterine fibroid can get. And BTW, they're pretty common — 20-70% of women will get them during their fertile years.
31.This is how big a pulmonary embolism (essentially, blood clots in the lungs) can get. Don't worry, this patient is fine!
32.Hand, foot, and mouth disease can cause your nails to fall off — here, you can see nails falling off with new ones growing beneath.
33.During illness or trauma, your body can stop putting pigment in your hair, leading to "stripes" called "flag signs."
34.This is how blood pooling can change the color your skin appears to be.
35.Here's what it looks like when people allergic to mosquitos get a bug bite (also called Skeeter syndrome).
36.Have you ever heard of Harlequin Syndrome? Basically, only half of your face will sweat and turn red with exercise/heat.
37.Did you know that it is possible to be born with a tail? It's rare but can happen.
38.A chromosome mutation can cause some people to have what's called Kayser-Fleischer Rings in their eyes. It's a sign of Wilson's disease, which can affect the eye, brain, liver, and kidney and cause cirrhosis.
39.I just had to include this photo because the power of modern dentistry is amazing.
40.This is how far some people can bend their fingers back.
41.And finally, technically, this isn't a photo of a body part, but I still find this catheter wild to look at.