Category Archives: Gentle Care

Apotemnophilia, also known as body integrity identity disorder or amputee identity disorder, is most likely a neurologic disorder in which a person has the overwhelming desire to amputate healthy limbs or other parts of their body. Most date this desire … Continue reading →

The fingernail of a healthy person takes four to six months to grow out completely. Here are some more fascinating body facts. One in every 1000 babies is born with a tooth. A person will die from lack of sleep sooner than they … Continue reading →

In Michigan, a man came into the ER with lacerations to his penis. He complained that his wife had “a rat in her vagina” and it bit him during sex. After an examination of his wife, it was revealed that … Continue reading →

A couple hobbled into a Washington emergency room covered in bloodied restaurant towels. The man had his around his waist, and the woman had hers around her head. They eventually explained to doctors that they had gone out that evening … Continue reading →

  Bonnie Valle lived the last seven years of her life with a towel the size of a large hand towel lodged behind her left lung. The towel was discovered upon autopsy and had been left there during a 1995 … Continue reading →