19 Stupid Ways People Put Themselves In the Hospital
RustyBuckler
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08/19/2023
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We all make mistakes and sometimes those mistakes put us in the hospital. We twist an ankle or eat some bad fish and then completely ruin our day...or week. At r/AskReddit we found some of the funniest and stupidest reasons people ended up in the hospital. They didn't see it coming.
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Turned around on the stairs to call my cat fat and badly sprained my ankle. I thought I had broken it because there was an audible crunch and I felt something pushing up inside my foot (x-rays didn’t show a break). u/Blizzard896 -
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Goofing around in the pig barn at my cousins. Was told to stay out of the pig barn. Sliced open the back of my thigh on a sharp edge of sheet metal. 5 years old screaming my head off in the ER as they stitch up the 4 inch cut. Thankfully just skin and fat, no muscle or tendons involved. u/MNConcerto -
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Fell into the only prickly pear cactus in a 100 mile radius. u/throwaway_298482 -
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Did a flip off of a table to impress some girls. u/bearded_charmander -
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When I was in college, I had my mom's home cooked meal that I accidentally left out over night. I tried to eat it anyway. 24 hours of it coming out of both ends and one ER visit later, I realized it, I learned a valuable lesson. u/Low_Departure_5853 -
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Trapped gas :( after an ultrasound the nurse came in and explained it to me, shortly after I stand up to get dressed and leave, nurse is helping me as I'm still in pain, and I let out the longest, most explosive sounding fart I've ever farted. Such instant relief and such innocent giggles from me and the nurse. u/endieloverhd -
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I didn’t feel like finding the finger guard for my mandoline. Sliced the tip of my finger off. Got like 4-5 stitches. Never again will I use a mandolin. u/JTAx1995 -
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Dropped my phone on my face. u/SubjectCry9137 -
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Threw a tennis ball in the air, attempted to catch it, and I ended up slipping on wet grass and broke my arm. u/FrancoVFX -
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Got stuck in the ankle by a porcupine quill. Found out I'm allergic to porcupines!!! Eyes swelled shut, kind of scary. u/Apprehensive_West814 -
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I drank a tall can of hard cider and then did a hot wings challenge. I got home, went to sleep and was woken up at 3am in literal tears with the feeling of a ruptured stomach. Went to the ER, got asked if it was a hazing and was given lidocaine to drink and a shot for nausea. The pain barely subsided but the walked me out anyway, on the way out I asked the nurse “so… that shot was supposed to make me less nauseous?” She said yes and then I threw up all over the bushes just outside the door. Felt a lot better and walked home. u/reditballoon -
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Broke my jaw a while back from riding an e scooter while drunk(i thought they were for drunk people so they didn’t drive cars). Dumbass. Very ashamed if that one, and needless to say, i have since given up drinking. u/pro_No -
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In training I was unable to have a bowel movement for around 4 days and I had to hobble to the base clinic because my abdomen hurt so much. Turned out to be appendicitis! u/GooseFan2123 -
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My friend got over his seafood allergy and had a bowl of shrimp. I thought I’d do the same and eat some pistachios. u/Panal-Lleno -
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Apparently when I was younger, I guess around 5 or 6, I dumped a container of detergent in my eyes. I dont remember it at all but my Mom brings it up everynow and then. u/No-Efficiency3406 -
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Stop. Drop. And roll on a fire ant hill isn't the same as being on fire. It just makes them more angry. u/potato_in_hot_water -
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I mistook antifungal nail drops as eye drops, and thought for sure I had blinded myself in the left eye. I have serious dry eye syndrome, and can't open my eyes very well without tear drops in the morning. One morning I reached for the tears and mistakenly grabbed a bottle with drops for toenail fungus. The stinging was instant, so I knew I messed up. u/Accomplished_Grab744 -
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Walked through a glasdoor I left open and my dad closed. Ofc it was a sunday and no doctor was avaible expect at the hospital. u/SirLunchALot1993 -
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I put my hand on a stove to see if it was hot. It was. u/canuckbuck2020 -
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Washed one foot in a ceramic sink. Tripped and ripped the sink of the wall. Fell in the ceramic debris and cut my back badly. Saw my spine. This took eight weeks to heal. u/myelrond
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