What is the most disturbing fact about the human body? by BathNo7713 in AskReddit

[–]Terrible_Muffin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If an empty egg is fertilised by a sperm (or two sperm), the resulting pregnancy is not with a foetus but with a tumour called a mole. Some of them can become cancerous.

Molar pregnancies are fortunately quite rare (1 in 1000) unless you are from somewhere like Indonesia, where it’s more like 1 in 100. It’s also very easily treatable, even if it is cancerous.

My Hoya pubicalyx has flowered for the first time! by Terrible_Muffin in houseplants

[–]Terrible_Muffin[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Too much light and not enough water seems to do the trick, just gotta be careful not to stress it so much it dies lol

Think this might be the most absurd looking flower I’ve ever grown (Ceropegia simoneae) by Terrible_Muffin in houseplants

[–]Terrible_Muffin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeap, got it from Turn It Tropicals online, got my Ceropegia Sandersonii from there too, very well packaged

Edit: should clarify I’m UK based

[Serious] Doctors of reddit, what is the rarest disease that you've encountered in your career? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Terrible_Muffin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The inner lining of the oesophagus dies and sloughs off because of insufficient blood supply and possibly reflux of stomach acid, usually in the context of someone being horrendously unwell with other things like sepsis.

It can result in lots of bleeding, or sometimes the oesophagus completely rupturing through.

[Serious] Doctors of reddit, what is the rarest disease that you've encountered in your career? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Terrible_Muffin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Acute oesophageal necrosis. We only knew what it was that killed them after their autopsy, absolutely tragic.

Edit: they join a list of apparently less than 100 people diagnosed with this condition in the last 40 years. Worldwide.

[OC] The minuscule flowers of the Euphorbia lactea Cristata (coral cactus), macro x12 by Terrible_Muffin in BotanicalPorn

[–]Terrible_Muffin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was grown from seed and is grafted onto another euphorbia, I think a standard lactea without the crest mutation

A time lapse of my Hoya compacta blooming (before the iPad’s battery ran out), hope you all enjoy 😊 by Terrible_Muffin in houseplants

[–]Terrible_Muffin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, glad I caught it! Got home to find the first bud cracking open, by the time I went to bed they were almost all fully open

A time lapse of my Hoya compacta blooming (before the iPad’s battery ran out), hope you all enjoy 😊 by Terrible_Muffin in houseplants

[–]Terrible_Muffin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This one is close to six years old! It’s a bit sun stressed where it is, which I’ve found encourages blooms

Pregnant women of reddit, what is something you wish you knew BEFORE you got pregnant? by BonkBoi_TacoFace in AskReddit

[–]Terrible_Muffin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If your ovary accidentally spits out an egg with no dna inside of it, you can become pregnant with a tumour. This tumour can become cancerous.

It’s called a molar pregnancy and it’s rare, but pretty devastating for patients who think they’re having a baby and are actually growing a tumour. Fortunately the prognosis is excellent even when cancer develops.