If you remember the old TV show House, you know that there are a lot of terrifying, obscure diseases floating around out there.The only good thing about them is that they’re pretty rare.
But sometimes, you’re the unlucky person who happens to catch one. That’s something Redditor gullibletrout and his wife learned the hard way back in 2010.
In 2010, these mysterious black spots began appearing on his wife’s hand.
They started out small, but kept growing.
At first, they thought that the growths were blood blisters.
They even started spreading to other parts of the hand.
Wart remover didn’t do anything for them.
Eventually, they decided to seek medical help from a plastic surgeon.
The doctor promptly removed the growths.
Here’s her hand after the procedure was done.
The spots have not reappeared.
The physician believes that these were pyogenic granuloma.
They can be caused by irritation, physical trauma, or hormonal imbalances. This woman’s case was likely caused by a switch in birth control pills. The good news is that they’re harmless, but in some cases, they have been known to grow back.
(via Reddit)
Even though they turned out to be nothing, can you imagine how scared she must have been when these things started taking over her hand? It’s amazing (and completely unsettling) to think about what our bodies are capable of.
