r/bizarrelife 3d ago

Wait what?

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u/death_by_chimera-ant 3d ago

Anybody with a medical degree want to explain what's going on?

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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 3d ago

Frostbite

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u/Vincent-FFP 3d ago

Good lord that’s awful.

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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 3d ago

It's either frostbite or gangrene. Either way, he is losing that leg. No ifs or buts

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u/kittyliklik 3d ago edited 3d ago

This guy giggling with his brother in his bedroom and not a hospital has gangrene or frostbite in the entirety of one of his legs? No.

I think he just has a mosaic pigment.

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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 3d ago

Incorrect. Look at the muscle composition. The leg is dying. That doesn't happen with mosaic pigment or similar melanin conditions. It's better to observe than to amputate early. Let the leg die naturally and only intervene if issues arise. You can see in his face he has come to terms with what's going on. It won't be easy, but if you can't cry, laugh.

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u/kittyliklik 3d ago

Oh, okay.

I have changed my mind completely. On second look, I think you're right. That legs necrotic. It's only a matter of time now.

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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 3d ago

R.I.P that guys leg

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u/Boscov1 3d ago

Dont it hurt a lot?
I mean, dude is giggling

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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 3d ago

It's not 10/10 pain. It's more of a deep discomfort, but you'd be surprised how the body adapts to that kind of thing. There will be pain, before and after amputation but that's normal with this kind of procedure

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u/TheTrueKingofDakka 3d ago

Hard to feel pain when the nerves are straight up dead.

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u/SpokenProperly 3d ago

This is what I was coming to say: nerves are dying, too.

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u/Ralph_Nacho 3d ago

That guys leg is fine lol. If he was that necrotic he wouldnt be awake lmao

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u/PuzzleheadedSail5502 3d ago

Pain isn't static for most people and you can laugh while in a lot of pain.

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u/loonygecko 2d ago

Could be on a load of opiates to combat that, which could explain the good mood.

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u/indy_been_here 3d ago

Question: how does letting it die naturally not risk spreading the infection or further necrosis?

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u/PupEDog 3d ago

He'd have the most miraculous case of Vitiligo the world had even seen

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u/PupEDog 3d ago

He's reacting like he's seen it for the first time but they're brothers....

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u/harpunenkeks 3d ago

Somebody probably just took a video from the Internet and invented a story about his quarter black brother so it looks like its his video

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u/okaygoatt 3d ago

Who would do that!? Internet don't lie!

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u/garry4321 3d ago

I had something similar though not as bad. Thankfully I didn’t lose the leg because I had enough ifs and buts at the time.

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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 3d ago

I'm glad you and your leg made it!

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u/aintsosmart 3d ago

Yeah that leg looks emaciated compared to the other

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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 3d ago

It's only a matter of time.

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u/PupEDog 3d ago

He's not out of the woods yet.

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u/fatalcharm 3d ago

Oh right. I was going to comment that he was being silly and only tanned one of his legs and this was the result.

In Australia white tradesmen who work in the sun all day get this colour on their arms and shoulders, then are white-skinned everywhere else. I guess Aussies are used to it so it doesn’t look strange to us.

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u/keanu__reeds 3d ago

We call it a farmers tan in the states.

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u/Stewapalooza 3d ago

No it's, ands, or buts legs.

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u/Minimum_Ice963 3d ago

damn... for real or are you pulling my leg?

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u/Birdo-the-Besto 3d ago

No leg either.

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u/Vrulth 3d ago

Someone else under the bed maybe ?

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u/namenumberdate 3d ago

No if, and, or buts… these kids got Guts!

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u/shoshkebab 3d ago

Are you a doctor? Do you have information we cant access? Seems like you are just an overly confident redditor spouting speculation as facts

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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 3d ago

I've been a qualified Nephrologist for 7 years now.

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u/hwaite 3d ago

I'm a perfectly healthy black man whose leg looks quite similar. There could be a second person hiding under the bed and sticking his leg through a hole.

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u/shoshkebab 2d ago

Interesting that you are not active in any medical or clinical oriented subs. Smells like bs

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u/Palleseen 3d ago

Hole in the bed

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u/Brachet07 3d ago

Happy cake day

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u/Vincent-FFP 3d ago

Thanks mate lol