I’ve been binge-watching Monsters Inside Me, a show that ran on Discovery Channel from 2009-2017. It’s a documentary about parasites. And rare bacterial infections. And freak accidents involving foreign bodies. It’s grossology with a scientific background.
I have an interest in medical stuff, especially in what could go wrong. I think it’s because I’m a little bit of a hypochrondriac — the more I know about medical stuff, the less likely I am to diagnose myself with something. I understand that for most people it’s the opposite, but for me knowledge is power.
Here’s what I’ve learned from Monsters Inside Me:
- If you have a parasite, your doctors will think it’s the flu until you’re almost in a coma. Unless the parasite is in your eye — then they’ll think it’s eyestrain.
- Wives with Google save husbands’ lives.
- “Flesh-eating bacteria” is a very bad thing.
- Babies/Infants/Toddlers put things in their mouth to “feel them”. And then they swallow them, causing big trouble.
- If you use tap water to clean your contacts, you’ll get acanthamoeba. And then you will get blind.
- Your spouse thinks you’re exaggerating your symptoms.
- What you have is extremely rare, unless you visited Belize. Or Asia. Or Africa. It’s really common there
- .Don’t eat raw crawdads. Apparently guys do that.
- “Brain eating amoeba” is a very bad thing.
- You can have a parasite (lots of parasites) and not know it. Have a nice day.
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