dear lord

[alexist]

I just googled a particular genetic disorder. I wasn't expecting anything lurid. Google image results at the top turned up something I did NOT want to see, and I'm no stranger to medical gore or rotten.com.

I won't describe it. I will tell you that what I googled was the alternate name for trisomy 13. I strongly recommend that you NOT google this (NB: trisomy 13 does not turn up the same results) unless 1) you have image results turned off or 2) your idea of a good website is rotten.com.

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[cjbroz.livejournal.com]

no, no -- don't look in there. you really don't want to see it. don't look.

i may be getting a psych degree, but you already have your in reverse psychology :-)

[cjbroz.livejournal.com]

damnit, "yours"

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

I take it you ignored my advice? ;-)

[phyphor.livejournal.com]

Meh, seen it all before when I was investigating the various trisomies and other genetic abnormalities.

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

I've looked these things up before, but not since Google automatically included the image results... so I wasn't expecting it.

[commlal.livejournal.com]

Should I worried that my response was "I've seen worse" I've seen some freakyass pictures over the years, mainly to do with my degree.

[chick74.livejournal.com]

I'm just intrigued as to why you were googling it in the first place!

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

It was mentioned in an article I was reading and I couldn't quite remember what it was (I knew vaguely but I thought I might be confusing it with another genetic disorder)

[suzylou.livejournal.com]

I haven't looked this time, but I have a sneaking suspicion I know what you're talking about because I saw it myself when I was trying to work out if we'd have the triple test.

Hmmmm.

[rainfx.livejournal.com]

Most gross image I've ever seen is the one where someone has photoshopped the mouths of Lampreys onto someone's finger (http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/fingers.asp). That made my fingers feel pretty awful for a few days.

Second to that would be Ichthyosis Foetalis, or Harlequin babies.. Pretty grim, but I think people with that have a reasonable chance of survival.

From the description of Trisomy 13.. yeah, I might pass on that.

Re: Hmmmm.

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

eh, the lampreys is an obvious photoshop :-)

I remember the harlequin baby... they can survive now but mortality is high.

Re: Hmmmm.

[batshua]

Even thought I instinctively knew this one was fake, it gave me the jibblies:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/breastrash.asp

[kyte.livejournal.com]

I confess that I couldn't resist sneaking a look.

I'm not sure whether to be horrified or relieved that I thought 'Is that *it*?'.

I'm assuming that I saw the picture I was meant to see.

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

If there was only 1 eye involved, then yes.

[kyte.livejournal.com]

That's the one.

I guess it doesn't push my particular 'buttons' :-)

[twinsplus1.livejournal.com]

Sad sad sad..

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

yeah - I'm certainly not putting down the condition, which is awful. It's just that I wasn't expecting that particular image at the top of my screen.

[christhomas123.livejournal.com]

Is that Harlequin syndrome? I've got a pretty strong constitution for gore, but that is just... it shakes you to the bones...

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

Nope, Patau syndrome. Causes all sorts of birth defects.