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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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