It took six rounds of ineffective numbing for it to be diagnosed."
Reddit useru/Jesus-Chraskedthe community, “What’s weird about your body?”
and thousands of people replied to share the unique features of their bodies.
Their responses were fascinating, informative, and, in some cases, shocking.
Here’s what people shared:
1.
Fun fact: if just the heart is affected, it’sdextrocardia."
u/Illustrious-Ad-5228
2.
“I don’t get brain freeze from cold drinks or slushies.
It’s excruciating.”
u/CookinCheap
3.
“My spleen started eating all of my platelets when I was 16.
Had it removed again.”
u/chronicallymusical
4.
“My fingerprints have almost faded away.
I’m 56 and can’t use those fingerprint readers for anything.
It happened to my mom, and now my 31-year-old daughter’s prints are going.
It’s weird!”
u/feelingmyage
5.
“I can smell my own sickness, as well as when my son and husband are sick.
It’s like a horrible metallic miasma.
I’m sure many people can do this but don’t realize it.
It was like somebody had shaved a bunch of steel in the room or something.
u/extratestresstrial
6.
He knew that I was pregnant before I did with all our kids.
He always shares it with me, and sure enough, people announce their pregnancy days or weeks later.
He hasn’t been wrong yet.”
u/SleepyOrange007
7.
“I am biologically female.
I was born female.
I live in a female body.
I am 100% male at the cellular level.
My DNA is male.
And, I no longer have the blood jot down I was born with.
I had a stem cell transplant from a male donor.
I have his blood punch in and DNA now.”
u/all_the_kittermows
8.
I have elasticity in my ligaments, so I dislocate my shoulders, ankles, and hips easily.
I have to work on strengthening my ligaments every week to prevent them from loosening.
Since I started that a year ago, dislocations have rarely occurred."
u/JuiceGirl300
9.
“I have an extra pair of ribs, and my kidneys are on my right side.
[I found out about my kidneys] through an ultrasound.
I came in with a gynecological issue that had nothing to do with the kidneys and boom.
I was randomly told (and shown) that I have them on the same side.
Seeing an empty space where the left kidney should be was wild.
[The extra set of ribs are] at the bottom of my rib cage.
It’s completely unnoticeable, though.”
u/lostbedbug
10.
“My teeth roots are all shaped like hooks full-on candy cane shapes going in different directions.
My dental X-rays are a Lovecraftian nightmare.”
u/NoxRiddle
“One of my molar’s roots took a 90-degree turn in my jaw.
Took forever and they had to give me like a billion shots to keep my face numb.
u/JuggleGod
u/flybyknight665
11.
“My body does not make its own antibodies.
If you donate plasma, thank you for keeping me alive!
It’s a genetic autoimmune disorder called common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with associated lymphocytic granulomatous disease.
When I was 20, my body just stopped making antibodies and started making B-cell granulomas.
I almost died from the initial infection swarm, mainly pneumonia.
Things have been surprisingly low-drama since I’ve been on antibody replacement therapy.”
u/stumphead11
12.
“My eyes have been misaligned since birth.
u/Finetales
13.
“I know what human spinal fluid tastes like.
It was spinal fluid.
I’ve seen replies of people having the same symptoms.
Tell your doctor that the liquid is clear and watery and has a very salty taste.
Those are the hallmarks of CSF.”
u/insaneantics21
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14.
The audiologist taking the impressions of my ears commented that I have ‘unusually narrow ear canals.’
Guess that explains the problems with other earplugs!”
u/realmofconfusion
15.
“I have a little stump in my pinky that’s an extra finger.
The doctor wrapped thread around it when I was born.”
I have to clip that mini nail sometimes because it’s so sharp.”
u/MarsupialSuperstar89
16.
“My right ear has a little point at the top, like an elf.
My son’s right ear has a notch like it’s missing the extra I have.
u/Heardaboutthat
17.
“My hair grows with strips of colors.
It’s brown, blonde, and white in striped segments.
I found out I was intersex at 22.
That was a surprise, to say the least.
I had my son at 19, so I was genuinely confused that was possible.
I fell out of insurance for a while and never got a genetic test.
u/EmyLouSue
18.
“I still have baby teeth in my 40s.
Some of my adult premolars never developed.
Both my kids are normal though.
Since they’re baby teeth, I have to brush and floss religiously to keep them healthy.”
u/WittyMermaid83
19.
“I have a sliding rib that I can pop back and forth like a fidget toy.”
u/Extra_Comfortable365
20.
I also randomly became allergic to almost everything I used to eat on a daily basis.”
u/soft_cookie99
21. u/oOohalloweenqueenoOo
22.
“I pulled my belly button out from an innie to an outie when I was 5.”
u/gbottoms
23.
“I can pop my sternum.
Now and then, I get a feeling in my chest.
u/karthmorphon
24. u/rainbowtick
25. u/The_Shitlipz
26.
“I can sleep with my eyes fully open, and apparently that’s weird to people.”
u/linda_2his_bob
27.
“I had seven wisdom teeth.”
u/ShanitaTums
28.
“I haveTrochlear Groove Dysplasia.
There’s a groove in your knee that your kneecap sits down inside of.
My left knee is almost totally flat and doesn’t have a groove.
This means my kneecap is very prone to dislocating.
The only reason we discovered this is one day, they decided to switch places, causing extreme pain.
They have switched places a total of four times in my life.
It’s really painful and kind of gross hearing your goopy bits flop around inside of you.”
u/Additional-Share-961
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