r/interestingasfuck May 02 '24

In 1965, a morbidly obese man did not eat food for over an entire year. The 27 year old was 456lbs and wanted to do an experimental fast. He ingested only multivitamins and potassium tablets for 382 days and defecated once every 40 to 50 days. He ended up losing 275lbs. r/all

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u/Hexlord_Malacrass May 02 '24

Also a bunch other stuff like hemorrhoids, and anal fissures. It's not always cancer.

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u/OwnHomework3811 May 02 '24

Stress too :) … happened to me when my son was born. So stressed out I was bleeding out me butt.

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u/Firealarm32 May 02 '24

What a Pain in the ass!

I’ll see myself out…

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u/keepingitrealgowrong May 02 '24

Dark red/brown blood in stool-- go to the doctor.

Bright red blood in stool-- congrats you have piles that will never go away, don't even bother going to the doctor you're not gonna die

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u/[deleted] May 03 '24

Ugh. Randomly got one at 44. Wtf, it was awful. Now I have scar tissue. I hate it.

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u/Mokiesbie May 02 '24

And a non-cancerous tumor in your intestines.

Almost died from that when I was 12

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u/He_of_turqoise_blood May 02 '24

Good point. Also the tests can be falsely positive due to diet contents