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TIL A standard outcome measure used by doctors to measure chronic rhonosinusitis is the Sino-nasal outcome test, or SNOT.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 6:32 pm

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TIL JFK experienced chronic back pain. He underwent 4 back operations, including a discectomy, an instrumentation and fusion, and 2 minor surgeries that failed to improve his pain.

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 10:14 am

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I have developed a chronic sinus infection (fungal) after years of sniffing worn nylons I buy from women online. It has not responded to any medication and has spread to the bone (CT scan). My ENT recommended surgery but I am afraid of the risks. What is the best option?

by CopyPastaArchive June 21, 2022, 8:46 pm

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TIL Niccolo Paganini’s list of likely ailments included Marfan syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, syphilis and tuberculosis. He was prescribed a chronic “treament” of mercury and opium, with horrible effects to his physical and mental health

by whatilearned June 11, 2022, 12:34 am

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TIL During the 18th to 20th centuries, hat makers used mercury to stiffen felt for hats. Over time, the hatters inhaled mercury vapors. Many developed symptoms of chronic mercury poisoning, including psychosis, excitability, and tremors. Thus birthing the phrase “mad as a hatter”.

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 3:37 am

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TIL, a woman mistakenly snorted a line of LSD containing 550 times the usual recreational dose, mistaking it for cocaine. The woman had been suffering from chronic foot pain for 20 years, but found that the massive dose of LSD allowed her to reduce and eventually stop morphine consumption.

by whatilearned May 17, 2022, 8:00 pm

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TIL that the US government may have created the prion disease Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). It was first detected in a Fort Collins, Colorado research facility where deer were penned with scrapie-infected sheep in one experiment; the scientist behind the experiment believes it may have created CWD

by whatilearned May 4, 2022, 6:14 pm

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TIL Doctors used to cure “hysteria” in women by performing assisted genital massage to induce ‘paroxysms’ – a polite term for orgasms. So much so that the doctors began to suffer from chronic hand cramps and fatigue.

by whatilearned April 19, 2022, 7:18 pm

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Why do smokers get work breaks but chronic masturbators don’t? (SERIOUS)

by CopyPastaArchive April 4, 2022, 3:45 am

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TIL CTE can only be diagnosed after death through brain tissue analysis. Doctors with a specialty in brain diseases slice brain tissue and use special chemicals to make the abnormal tau protein visible. (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy)

by whatilearned March 4, 2022, 10:06 pm

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TIL that THC can be detected and quantified in the semen of men who are chronic users of inhaled cannabis.

by whatilearned February 12, 2022, 1:30 am

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I just flew back from a chronic masturbators convention

by cringeyjokesman January 31, 2022, 3:36 pm

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