TIL The Biggest Recorded Gallstone Was 6 + kg

in #stemgeeks4 months ago

It's been a decade or something since the first (and last) time I experienced the pain of a passing gallstone.

Nothing major, it was probably super tiny. Now the pain wasn't that bad, I'd probably give it a 6 out of 10. I guess the bigger the stone the more insufferable it is.

After doing a quick Google search, it seems like the average gallstone is just 5 to 10mm in diameter and 5 to 10 grams in weight. Yeah, small.

With that in mind, here's the fun trivia I learnt today.

The record for biggest gallstone ever reported in medical literature belongs to a gallstone that was 6.29 kg or 13 lb 14 oz. That's way bigger than an average baby, lol!

It was removed from an 80-year-old woman by Dr Humphrey Arthure (UK) at Charing Cross Hospital, London on 29 December 1952.

Unfortunately I couldn't find a photo of it so here's the next best thing, a huge gallstone of only...278 g

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I can only imagine how big a 6+ kg gallstone could be... That's like 24 times bigger then the stone depicted above!

Gallstone? More like gallboulder 😂😂😂

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Question is did they find it on an autopsy??? That would seriously suck!
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Dunno I couldn't find much info!

The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has some really weird and cool shit, one of the best medical oddity collections in the world!

Ouch!

You were so young to have a gallstone. According to Cleveland clinic, men over 60 are most likely to have gallstones, women between 20 and 60. You were just unlucky!

I was trying a restrictive keto diet back then, I think it was because of that! Never had any problems since

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How the hell was she even still alive?????

Bigger things have entered your body and you still here!

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It's hard to believe that something like that could be inside a person, man. It's beyond gigantic! I did a little research and found out it's caused by high cholesterol. I'd better watch out for that.

Cholesterol is tasty though 🤫

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I wonder just how much it hurt for that person. Having a gallstone that large sounds like a horrible experience.

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