Top 5 Scariest Medical Conditions (in my humble opinion)
To celebrate Halloween as a med student, thought it would be fun to delve into my (current) Top 5 most disturbing medical conditions/px. I will, however, spare y'all the gruesome images, but you're welcome to search them yourself out of morbid curiosity, but disclaimer, what you will find is defs NOT for the faint-hearted. So w/o further ado...BOOOOOO #5 - Fournier gangrene 🤢 What is it? Acute necrotic (cell death) infection of the scrotum, penis, vagina, vulva, or perineum (groin area). B/g info Incidence: 1.6 in 100,000 males (M:F 10:1) (altho I've already come across this > 1 🤮) Can be: idiopathic (of unknown cause/origin), colorectal, urogenital, or cutaneous origin/spread Implicated in: anorectal abscesses, UTI, post-op Comorbidities/Risk Factors - Immunocompromised/immunosuppressed state - DM (px 60% of cases) - Morbid obesity (BMI > 40 if asx, BMI > 35 if sx) - Alcoholism - Liver cirrhosis - Crohn's - SLE - HIV - Malignancies - Insufficien...