Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppppppppppppy.

In before The Dark Half.

Only common thread with these weird medical cases is there is nearly always mention of a fundraiser or other attempts to help the afflicted cope with their staggering medical bills. And this woman even had insurance. How can we live in a first world nation where people can go broke from being sick?

Well, you shouldn't have swam in the Mississippi river.

/seriously. Don't do that.

FTFA: "We know that God is a healer and he's going to bring her through," Carrie Isom, Shanyna's Grandmother said.

Yeeeeeahhhh....don't count on that.

Freak: Only common thread with these weird medical cases is there is nearly always mention of a fundraiser or other attempts to help the afflicted cope with their staggering medical bills. And this woman even had insurance. How can we live in a first world nation where people can go broke from being sick?

She has TennCare. TennCare will not cover out of state medical care, or experimental treatments.

Not to split hairs, but those look like headnails as they are not growing in her fingers, where fingernails grow.

Unknown eh? Isn't that pretty similar to the keratin growing disease that has seen a lot of media light?

edmo: Well, I'm not from round there so I just don't get what they mean by "fingernails" in those parts.

Or that "her hair follicles produce ten times more skin than normal". Hair follices don't produce ANY skin.

Well, it looks like a terrible case of keratosis pilaris. That's keratin overgrowth, and causes "bumps" over a wide area and often caps off hair follices, leading to ingrown hairs. Which can get messy, the hair will continue to grow under the skin.

I think someone misspoke, and that the trapped hair was growing thick LIKE a nail, as in a hardware store nail.

Freak: Only common thread with these weird medical cases is there is nearly always mention of a fundraiser or other attempts to help the afflicted cope with their staggering medical bills. And this woman even had insurance. How can we live in a first world nation where people can go broke from being sick?

Well, it was from the state she was in, but she was traveling out-of-state for specialist care. That wasn't covered.

Skr: Unknown eh? Isn't that pretty similar to the keratin growing disease that has seen a lot of media light?

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NO TREE MAN, ASSHOLE!

Skr: Unknown eh? Isn't that pretty similar to the keratin growing disease that has seen a lot of media light?

Oznog: Or that "her hair follicles produce ten times more skin than normal". Hair follices don't produce ANY skin.

Well, it looks like a terrible case of keratosis pilaris. That's keratin overgrowth, and causes "bumps" over a wide area and often caps off hair follices, leading to ingrown hairs. Which can get messy, the hair will continue to grow under the skin.

Gentlemen. The Fark Diagnostic Team has saved the day. Now, all we need is your co-pay.

BronyMedic: Well, you shouldn't have swam in the Mississippi river.

/seriously. Don't do that.

FTFA: "We know that God is a healer and he's going to bring her through," Carrie Isom, Shanyna's Grandmother said.

Yeeeeeahhhh....don't count on that.

Prayer is all the insurance we need. So vote republican.

BronyMedic: Well, you shouldn't have swam in the Mississippi river.

/seriously. Don't do that.

FTFA: "We know that God is a healer and he's going to bring her through," Carrie Isom, Shanyna's Grandmother said.

Yeeeeeahhhh....don't count on that.

Exactly.

It seems to me that God would have a lot less work to do if he didn't give her a debilitating and bizarre medical condition with no cure in the first place. What a jerk.

Oznog: Skr: Unknown eh? Isn't that pretty similar to the keratin growing disease that has seen a lot of media light?

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NO TREE MAN, ASSHOLE!

Is tree man a fark no-go? I always think "that poor bastid" whenever I see something about that guy (in a Brooklyn accent, of course).

Scales?

DrGunsforHands: Oznog: Skr: Unknown eh? Isn't that pretty similar to the keratin growing disease that has seen a lot of media light?

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NO TREE MAN, ASSHOLE!

Is tree man a fark no-go? I always think "that poor bastid" whenever I see something about that guy (in a Brooklyn accent, of course).

Sorry if it is. On a side note his pruning was a moderate success story.

Pics here. Omg. Poor thing.

http://gossiponthis.com/2012/08/10/sad-mystery-illness-causes-shanyna- isom-grow-fingernails-instead-hair/

(On phone can't link on this pos)

*prays that rule 34 has at least one exception, just this once*

Oznog: edmo: Well, I'm not from round there so I just don't get what they mean by "fingernails" in those parts.

Or that "her hair follicles produce ten times more skin than normal". Hair follices don't produce ANY skin.

Well, it looks like a terrible case of keratosis pilaris. That's keratin overgrowth, and causes "bumps" over a wide area and often caps off hair follices, leading to ingrown hairs. Which can get messy, the hair will continue to grow under the skin.

I think someone misspoke, and that the trapped hair was growing thick LIKE a nail, as in a hardware store nail.

Which reminds me of an occasional weirdness my facial hair likes to do. Sometimes I'll get these really thick hairs that take a while to grow out enough to be grabbed by tweezers and pulled out, and they come out either wrapped in a translucent sheath of flesh or leaving the sheath sticking out of the spot the hair was at until I pull it out as well, and usually with the root hanging off the bottom. The weirdest part, though, is they're never a single thick hair, but a bundle of hairs that are wide but flat like a sheet of paper, all layered in a round bundle. A lot of my other facial hairs aren't round but the same flat rectangular shape, but they don't give me problems.

/not as horrific as this woman's problem, but annoying and weird

BronyMedic: Freak: Only common thread with these weird medical cases is there is nearly always mention of a fundraiser or other attempts to help the afflicted cope with their staggering medical bills. And this woman even had insurance. How can we live in a first world nation where people can go broke from being sick?

She has TennCare. TennCare will not cover out of state medical care, or experimental treatments.

In other first world countries her medical bills would be manageble regardless of where she needed to travel to get needed medical help. Just saying.
Stop distributing your tax money like a third world nation and you too could not suck.

Oznog: edmo: Well, I'm not from round there so I just don't get what they mean by "fingernails" in those parts.

Or that "her hair follicles produce ten times more skin than normal". Hair follices don't produce ANY skin.

Well, it looks like a terrible case of keratosis pilaris. That's keratin overgrowth, and causes "bumps" over a wide area and often caps off hair follices, leading to ingrown hairs. Which can get messy, the hair will continue to grow under the skin.

I think someone misspoke, and that the trapped hair was growing thick LIKE a nail, as in a hardware store nail.

Definitely ambiguous but I'm leaning towards human hedgehog.

TTIWWP

Oznog

Freak: Only common thread with these weird medical cases is there is nearly always mention of a fundraiser or other attempts to help the afflicted cope with their staggering medical bills. And this woman even had insurance. How can we live in a first world nation where people can go broke from being sick?

Well, it was from the state she was in, but she was traveling out-of-state for specialist care. That wasn't covered.

My point exactly. Our current system is broken. Even when you do have insurance, it often comes with limitations. No pre-existing conditions, annual caps, restrictions on where you can be treated, etc. Should this poor young woman have just lived with her debilitating condition because she couldn't find help locally? If Johns Hopkins offered her the best chance for a cure then good on her for taking it.

Shanyna got fingered

But Isom's mysterious health crisis has caused a financial crisis.

Her state-issued insurance does not cover her out-of-state care and only covers five of the 17 medications she is prescribed.

"So we had to depend on the family and friends and different fundraisers and things like that to help me get back and forth," she said.

Those savings accounts have dried up.

Isom has a quarter of a million dollars in outstanding medical bills. She is afraid she won't be able to continue the treatment that could save her life.

Remind me again - while I enjoy my pinko-liberal-communist national healthcare over here - why y'all don't need universal healthcare provided by the government, as opposed to your current hodgepodge of sort-of-healtcare provided curtesy of people who's major concern is the bottom line and stcok holders?

To be fair, in Canada most provincial health plans don't cover out of province care. If you are from Ontario, and go to the ER in Alberta, it's 500$.

.....Still, 500$ to go to the ER isn't that bad if you are having some kind of horrible emergency.

//Your employer provided private insurance, however, usually covers out of province and even out of country coverage.
///And those 25$ monthly premiums for Blue Cross are a killer. (SARCASM)

Oznog: edmo: Well, I'm not from round there so I just don't get what they mean by "fingernails" in those parts.

Or that "her hair follicles produce ten times more skin than normal". Hair follices don't produce ANY skin.

Well, it looks like a terrible case of keratosis pilaris. That's keratin overgrowth, and causes "bumps" over a wide area and often caps off hair follices, leading to ingrown hairs. Which can get messy, the hair will continue to grow under the skin.

I think someone misspoke, and that the trapped hair was growing thick LIKE a nail, as in a hardware store nail.

Yes, that's what I was thinking. I have a mild form of this "chicken skin" (it's the Scot in me) and what she has does look just like it but worse.

Anyway, it's genetic, AND it's known to be comorbid with allergic conditions like hayfever and asthma, so it's unlikely it was actually caused by the steroids if that's what it is.

Gyrfalcon: Except that she hasn't got that.

"doctors there determined that she produces 12 times the number of skin cells per hair follicle, which is suffocating her skin"

Yeah... that's KP. There's no diagnostic test you can actually run to prove that's what it is. They look at it and go "huh, that looks like KP, so I guess you have KP" (oh, doctors and their fancy science!)

"The bumps in KP seem to arise from the excessive accumulation of keratin at the opening of individual hair follicles. The skin as examined under the microscope demonstrates mild thickening, hyperkeratosis, and plugging of the hair follicle."

Frankly I hope it's not what she's got because there's no cure or treatment.

Keizer_Ghidorah: Oznog: edmo: Well, I'm not from round there so I just don't get what they mean by "fingernails" in those parts.

Or that "her hair follicles produce ten times more skin than normal". Hair follices don't produce ANY skin.

Well, it looks like a terrible case of keratosis pilaris. That's keratin overgrowth, and causes "bumps" over a wide area and often caps off hair follices, leading to ingrown hairs. Which can get messy, the hair will continue to grow under the skin.

I think someone misspoke, and that the trapped hair was growing thick LIKE a nail, as in a hardware store nail.

Which reminds me of an occasional weirdness my facial hair likes to do. Sometimes I'll get these really thick hairs that take a while to grow out enough to be grabbed by tweezers and pulled out, and they come out either wrapped in a translucent sheath of flesh or leaving the sheath sticking out of the spot the hair was at until I pull it out as well, and usually with the root hanging off the bottom. The weirdest part, though, is they're never a single thick hair, but a bundle of hairs that are wide but flat like a sheet of paper, all layered in a round bundle. A lot of my other facial hairs aren't round but the same flat rectangular shape, but they don't give me problems.

/not as horrific as this woman's problem, but annoying and weird

That's called "pili multigemini". Despite authoritative-looking websites saying it is exceptionally rare, no, it seems very common for men to get one from shaving sooner or later.

They're freaky as hell, but kinda fascinating.

Had it happen several times, but never since I started the beard, so it's safe to say that shaving causes it. They don't grow back that way after being pulled out. I did have one that was apparently there when I started the beard, and it was freakishly long when I found it- well, the relevant observation being it won't go away on its own without plucking.

unlikely: AdolfOliverPanties: In comics this would be a superpower. She'd be Armor Girl or something.

The Pangolin

"Trolls have calcified dermal deposits throughout their skin, which can resemble large warts, spines or an armor-plated effect."

Is she a spike baby? Goblinization isn't supposed to happen until 2021...

if_i_really_have_to: Oznog: edmo: Well, I'm not from round there so I just don't get what they mean by "fingernails" in those parts.

Or that "her hair follicles produce ten times more skin than normal". Hair follices don't produce ANY skin.

Well, it looks like a terrible case of keratosis pilaris. That's keratin overgrowth, and causes "bumps" over a wide area and often caps off hair follices, leading to ingrown hairs. Which can get messy, the hair will continue to grow under the skin.

I think someone misspoke, and that the trapped hair was growing thick LIKE a nail, as in a hardware store nail.

Yes, that's what I was thinking. I have a mild form of this "chicken skin" (it's the Scot in me) and what she has does look just like it but worse.

Anyway, it's genetic, AND it's known to be comorbid with allergic conditions like hayfever and asthma, so it's unlikely it was actually caused by the steroids if that's what it is.

Gyrfalcon: Except that she hasn't got that.

"doctors there determined that she produces 12 times the number of skin cells per hair follicle, which is suffocating her skin"

Yeah... that's KP. There's no diagnostic test you can actually run to prove that's what it is. They look at it and go "huh, that looks like KP, so I guess you have KP" (oh, doctors and their fancy science!)

"The bumps in KP seem to arise from the excessive accumulation of keratin at the opening of individual hair follicles. The skin as examined under the microscope demonstrates mild thickening, hyperkeratosis, and plugging of the hair follicle."

Frankly I hope it's not what she's got because there's no cure or treatment.

KP is quite common, but it doesn't normally look that severe, nor does it come on suddenly, later in life, as a reaction to a drug.
Well it's SIMILAR to KP but more severe. There's an overgrowth of keratin, but since the cause of even ordinary KP is not well understood, there's no way you can definitively say it's "the same thing".

unlikely: AdolfOliverPanties: In comics this would be a superpower. She'd be Armor Girl or something.

The Pangolin

Oh hell yes. Someone make this happen.

one has to feel sorry for her husband or whomever has to make the beast with two backs with this poor woman.

what? consider that they said ALL hair follicles. That being the case, she should go into porn and get a comical stage name like The Hedgehog.

Oh, wait.....

Hedgieitis..Or maybe Porcupiniea as suggestions to name it..

From my experience with steroids, they are the greatest, most vile cure around. When you get a round of them, the fine print on the bottle mentions that steroids can take up to 6 months to clear your system, so be very careful being exposed to anything. Steroids, basically, are the re-set button for your immune system. They completely disrupt the current problem, so your body can heal, but then have the possibility of leaving the back door open for something even nastier to sneak in while you are recovering. That's what it sounds like happened to this poor woman.

I think I would be trying every known shaving, waxing, or depilation (sic) regimen, while the doctors are researching obscure bacteria and microbes. I would probably screw it up worse, but just looking at the pictures makes me want to scratch off layers of skin. This woman must have the patience of a saint to not be clawing at herself all the time.

George.carlin.sanctity.of.life.mp3

I was getting all prepared to send some cash to her fund then I read that her god was a healer and will take care of everything.

Good luck with that honey.

More money for hookers and blow i guess.