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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 190. This week we focus on #middleclassinjuries.
Question 1
Finally you get the weekend off you’ve been waiting for, ready to dive into your brunch with the standard artisan bread. What sourdough injury should you be wary of?
+ Reveal the Funtabulous Answer
- Sourdough gum, due to lacerations from the sharp edges. [Reference]
Question 2
What injury did Meryl Streep suffer from in 2012?
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 05: Actors Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep attend Meet the Filmmakers: “Hope Springs” at the Apple Store Soho on August 5, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Charles Eshelman/WireImage)
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- Avocado Hand
- The situation has become particularly fraught in ED’s around the world that there is now consideration for placing a label on the fruit. [Reference]
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Question 3
What is Kilner sprain?
+ Reveal the funtabulous answer!
- Jar opening wrist sprain
- When the lid on your jar of last winter’s homemade marmalade is welded shut, requiring superhuman strength to prise it open resulting in a wrist sprain.
- Along with pestle and mortar wrist causing an equivalent of tennis elbow. [Reference]
Question 4
Pitta bread and camembert cause the same injury, what is it?
+ Reveal the funtabulous answer!
- A molten burn hotter than the sun to the roof of your mouth.
- Typically camembert over the Christmas period (a baked favourite) and pitta bread as the searingly hot steam comes seeping out when you try and tear a bit off to dip in your humous [Reference]
Question 5
An oyster shuck injury would be too obvious (a common middle-class injury) therefore what organism found on shellfish can in rare circumstances cause a necrotising fasciitis and is responsible for most shellfish related deaths in the USA?
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- Vibrio vulnificus.
- The organism can be found in warm, shallow coastal waters, as well as on shellfish, such as crab, and also filter-feeding molluscs, such as oysters, clams, and scallop
- In individuals with major underlying illnesses, such as liver disease, diabetes mellitus, malignancy, alcoholism, haemochromatosis or chronic renal disease, the organism has a high degree of mortality. [Reference]
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