We asked our fans on Facebook to list the most disturbing things they’ve seen while treating patients. Here are some of their disturbing (and gross) responses.
Goodrich Toenails that curl with crud under them! – Julie Poznysz
One patient we have has maggots in her coccyx ulcer…not the therapeutic ones either – Debbie Faria
The smell of infected wounds on feet. Or major burns smell – Sarah Shedeger
That loose skin when you take socks off our lovely older generation and it goes everywhere – James Stuart Dyson
Lifting up a large ladies boob to do an ecg only to find what can only be described as a thick layer of cottage cheese that smells like death!!! – Donna Hancox
COPD phlegm when it’s green/brown and has lumps in yuk yuk yuk – Elizabeth Smith
Taking of surgical stocking that have not been changed for …. Eva and it smells and the flaky skin is goin everywhere – Michelle HarkerSinclair
Ooooooo flaky skin my favourite! I love picking dry skin from legs! – Frank Bath
Leech therapy on new facial skin flaps, trying to corral the leeches is really really hard. They like escaping and would be a bbb exposure. Also when they are full of blood, you have to plonk them in saline to force them to vomit, so that they can keep sucking….. – Phillippa Weaver
“Snot!” — Aleta Mahnke
Oh dear god, the comment on COPD phlegm has made me gip so hard my tea has come back up!