Thursday 2 October 2014
Find hairball weighing 4 kilos in Stomach
MEDICS investigating why a young
girl was unable to drink a glass of water without being sick discovered
a massive hairball blocking her upper digestive system.
WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGE BELOW
After an emergency operation, doctors managed to pull out the hairball weighing almost 4 kilograms, saying without emergency surgery the girl would have almost certainly died.
Ayperi Alekseeva, aged 18, had complained of severe stomach pains and was brought to the hospital in the town of Batken in south-western Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Province by her parents.
After X-rays, doctors realised there was a blockage and decided she needed an operation.
The hospital’s senior professor of surgery, Bahadir Bebezov, and his colleague, associate professor Tilek Umetaliev, said they had never heard of such a large hairball despite searching through 50 years of medical records.
Professor Bebezov said: “The parents brought her in after she started losing weight, and she couldn’t eat anything. By the time we got her she could not even drink water. We realised we needed to operate immediately.
“It was actually the only alternative, nothing else would solve the problem. In fact her stomach was so badly swollen from hair and bits of wool from the carpet that it literally just oozed out soon as the wall of the stomach was cut.
“Psychologically apart from a habit of picking up hair from the carpet and eating it the young girl was perfectly normal and healthy. She also chewed the tips of her hair.”
He added that she had promised never to chew her hair in the future and was recovering well from the operation.
Source: news.com.au
WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGE BELOW
After an emergency operation, doctors managed to pull out the hairball weighing almost 4 kilograms, saying without emergency surgery the girl would have almost certainly died.
Ayperi Alekseeva, aged 18, had complained of severe stomach pains and was brought to the hospital in the town of Batken in south-western Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Province by her parents.
After X-rays, doctors realised there was a blockage and decided she needed an operation.
The hospital’s senior professor of surgery, Bahadir Bebezov, and his colleague, associate professor Tilek Umetaliev, said they had never heard of such a large hairball despite searching through 50 years of medical records.
Life or death ... Without emergency surgery the girl who was badly dehydrated and malnourished would almost certainly have died.
Professor Bebezov said: “The parents brought her in after she started losing weight, and she couldn’t eat anything. By the time we got her she could not even drink water. We realised we needed to operate immediately.
“It was actually the only alternative, nothing else would solve the problem. In fact her stomach was so badly swollen from hair and bits of wool from the carpet that it literally just oozed out soon as the wall of the stomach was cut.
“Psychologically apart from a habit of picking up hair from the carpet and eating it the young girl was perfectly normal and healthy. She also chewed the tips of her hair.”
He added that she had promised never to chew her hair in the future and was recovering well from the operation.
Source: news.com.au
57 stone man’s inspirational battle to lose weight
Screw you haters!
That is the message from 57 stone Larry Evans who has bravely posted a video of himself working out to try and lose his weight.
In a bid to stay alive, he has committed to losing as much body fat as he can.
When he first started working out four months ago he was 800lbs and has shed 159lbs since then.
He put his video on Facebook and is allowing anyone to comment, but he adds: ‘Please don’t judge me. If you don’t have nothing to say nice keep it to yourself. Get up get out and do something.’
And sure enough, he has had lots of support from people willing him to do well.
That is the message from 57 stone Larry Evans who has bravely posted a video of himself working out to try and lose his weight.
In a bid to stay alive, he has committed to losing as much body fat as he can.
When he first started working out four months ago he was 800lbs and has shed 159lbs since then.
He put his video on Facebook and is allowing anyone to comment, but he adds: ‘Please don’t judge me. If you don’t have nothing to say nice keep it to yourself. Get up get out and do something.’
And sure enough, he has had lots of support from people willing him to do well.
Fish with a mouth full of human teeth found in Russian river
A fisherman recently had something to smile (or scream) about when he caught a fish that had a set of human looking teeth in it’s mouth.
Angler Aleks Korobov, 50, snared the fish on the Northern Dvina River in north-western Russia’s Arkhangelsk Oblast district, thinking it was just a normal bream.
However when he opened the mouth of his catch he saw a full set of gnashers gleaming back at him.
‘I opened its gills which were nice and red but I noticed the mouth wasn’t right for a bream and when I opened it I nearly dropped the thing in surprise,’ he said.
Aleks quickly rushed to the pub to show his friends what he had found.
Naturally they thought he had been drinking and was making it up at first, until he plopped the toothy river dweller on the table for them to witness.
After bragging about his catch Aleks contacted the Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography who will carry out an autopsy on the fish to try and find out how it got its pearly whites.
Interesting Fun Facts
- A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs.
- People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
- When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop ... even your heart!
- 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
- Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
- The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
- The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
- The average housefly lives for one month
- 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
- A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
- The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
- Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.
- The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
- The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot. ( Don't forget Moms )
- Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
- In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
- Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane just in case there is a crash.
- The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
- Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were seventh cousins.
- If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
- There are more chickens than people in the world.
- Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
- On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
- All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
- All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
- Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
- Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
- There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
- Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
- In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
- The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
- "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
- People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
- When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop ... even your heart!
- 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
- Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
- The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
- The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
- The average housefly lives for one month
- 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
- A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
- The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
- Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.
- The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
- The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot. ( Don't forget Moms )
- Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
- In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
- Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane just in case there is a crash.
- The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
- Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were seventh cousins.
- If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
- There are more chickens than people in the world.
- Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
- On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
- All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
- All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
- Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
- Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
- There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
- Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
- In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
- The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
- "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
10 Unexpected Optical Illusions in Photos
Nervous drivers (and their equally nervous passengers) beware! You should really prepare yourselves for the sight of Storseisundet Bridge in Norway. The road connection from the mainland Romsdal peninsula to the island of Averøya in Møre og Romsdal county doesn't look as if it actually connects as you drive towards it. In fact it looks very much as if you are in for an icy bath as you plummet off its 73ft height. However, you will be relieved to hear that this is simply something of an optical illusion. The bridge is built in such a way that from a certain angle, as you approach, it looks as it is more diving board than bridge. Known locally as the drunk bridge it forms part of the Atlanterhavsveien or Atlantic Ocean Road in English and attracts many curious visitors
This woman appears to be floating above the sand, Star Wars skiff style, an optical illusion caused by the shadow of a flag.
The moon is a disco-ball.
Electric kitten
Smiling face.
Elephant loading.
You'd think the fact that this camel appears to be eating a female vet would be weird enough for this picture. But apparently, according to the agency who supplied this image, it shows the animal ‘getting ready for a pedicure' in the United Arab Emirates.
This weird picture actually comes from a photo competition to mark the World Veterinary Year, used to highlight the important role vets play in the lives of people and animals across the world. It's actually an optical illusion – the vet's head is merely hidden behind the camel's cranium. The vet being eaten by a camel came top of the 2,500 global entries, and we can see why.
This tent looks as though it has been pitched in the sky in a photograph that plays tricks on the eyes. Student Bjarke Bitsch pitched his tent so high up Mont Blanc - the highest mountain in the French Alps - that snow and clouds blended together in this shot. The 24-year-old from Aarhus in Denmark took the stunning photo during a three day-expedition to climb the peak in Chamonix, France. The image was captured near the summit, at a spot called Aiguille du Gouter, which has an altitude of 12,800 feet.
Gazing sleepily into each other's eyes, it looks like the perfect friendship between boy and beast. There is, however, one barrier Harvey Evans, nine, and Kelabu the Sumatran Tiger have yet to break down.... an invisible pane of glass keeping them apart. Although Harvey appears to have got so close that he can pat the fearsome cat on the head, it is in fact an optical illusion created by a camera and a strategically placed hand.
by Grace Murano.
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