Non-political things that make you say...WTF?!?! (Welcome To Florida!) **NOT CV RELATED** NO TALKY!

Now there's a Darwin Award for you...

 

The camel should have bitten her back on the camel toe. Fair is fair.

 

Seems like various horror movies start like this...

Blueish woman with chocolaty blood highlights rare risk of common anesthetic



A 25-year-old woman showed up at an emergency room in Providence, Rhode Island, with fatigue, shortness of breath, and—most concerning—an obvious blueish hue.

The skin discoloration suggested that her body wasn’t getting enough oxygen. When doctors drew some of her blood, it appeared as a dark, chocolate-brown color rather than the usual vibrant red.

The doctors figured out what had happened after the woman noted that she had had a toothache the night before—and had used a common over-the-counter anesthetic to ease her pain.

It turns out the woman was suffering from an unpredictable condition called methemoglobinemia, which can be brought on by certain drugs or, in some cases, can be inherited. In this case, the culprit was benzocaine in a topical treatment she used to relieve her toothache. Benzocaine is commonly used as a local anesthetic in other over-the-counter products for things like minor cuts and poison ivy.

Generally, methemoglobinemia is a blood condition in which the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells—hemoglobin—is chemically altered so that it doesn’t release oxygen to the body’s tissues as usual. Specifically, the four iron atoms in hemoglobin are oxidized from their normal ferrous state (Fe2+) to a ferric form (Fe3+), making methemoglobin, which is essentially useless as an oxygen carrier.

Typical levels of methemoglobin in the blood range from 0% to 2%. Symptoms start appearing when the level rises to 10% to 20%, and a level above 70% can be deadly. Lab tests showed that the Rhode Island woman’s percentage of methemoglobin was 44%.

Blue cure
Though it’s rare, methemoglobinemia is worth noting since it can be brought on by common medications, and susceptible people likely have no hint that they’re at risk until the condition occurs. It can obviously also be life-threatening if not treated. The first-line treatment for the condition is a drug called methylene blue, which can spur the enzymatic reduction of the iron back to its normal state.

The woman in this case made a full recovery after intravenous treatment of methylene blue, her doctors reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.

They note that the condition “can occur after exposure to a number of medications” but that it seems to happen “through metabolic pathways that appear to vary from person to person, which may account for the unpredictability of this complication.”

A list of some of the oxidizing medications that can cause methemoglobinemia can be found here (Table 1).

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration warned that over-the-counter drugs containing benzocaine should not be used to treat infants or kids younger than two years old for this very reason.

The agency estimates that more than 400 cases of benzocaine-associated methemoglobinemia have been reported to the FDA or published in medical literature since 1971.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 2019. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm1816026 (About DOIs).

 

I don’t get it... seems like “I want Apple Watch band that looks and feels like it’s made from animal hide but really isn’t.”

Isn’t wearing a fake leather watch band promoting the use of animal products to anyone that sees and admires it from afar, not knowing it isn’t real? Seems counter to the whole point of being vegan?

Can someone explain this logic to me? I don’t get it.

 

All you need to do is watch the nightly news... anywhere in Florida. Stupid stuff on a daily occurrence.

 

And no truck Nutz?

Poser.

 

They like the look of leather but object to the process of making it. Same reason meat replacement products are so popular at fast food restaurants lately. Everyone loves the taste of meat, but a select group doesn't like the means in which said meat is harvested. So this let's them have their steak & eat it too ​

 

But to the casual observer it limits their ability to summon their superpowers by exclaiming "I'm Vegan!"

 

Seems hypocritical to me, particularly in say a watch band -- wearing a nice looking leather like band effectively promotes to others that to which you object.

 

All in Florida within the last day or so...

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/man-climbs-lauderhill-pole-touches-live-wire-falls-50-feet

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/florida-woman-killed-disabled-grandson-with-drug-overdose-police-say

https://www.wptv.com/news/local-new...ash-on-i-95-sb-in-martin-county-causes-delays

https://www.wptv.com/digging-for-ch...n-extreme-case-of-road-rage-captured-on-video

 

Some days I love living in Florida, then others (like after reading those stories), I just say I live in the "Southeast" as I lower my head in shame.

 

You say tomato
I say Florida...
Florida teen attacks elderly relatives over tomatoes after grandma claims she ate 'more than her fair share'


https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/teen-attacks-elderly-relatives-tomatoes

 

One visit to Portland, Oregon and you’ll thank God you live in the SE.

 

In other parts of the world...

https://www.foxnews.com/world/new-zealand-student-body-discovered-dorm-room

 

how stinky do you have to be to go un-noticed for 2 months....

 

...and what does the REST of that dorm smell like?

They've gone nose-blind, or are using industrial quantities of Febreze.

 

"How many air freshener trees do you have in this room!?"

 

HEPA filters...