Just curious, do you not have any upper eyelids or are you perhaps suffering from a condition? I actually had my lower brows swell practically overnight last year, covering up my upper eyelids, and I can't figure out why. Thanks for the content, cheers!
Showed the gamer leg to my mom, who is a doctor. She glanced up and went “stasis dermatitis, nice” then went back to what she was doing Ten minutes later she asked me if I’ve thought about getting a gym membership. Thanks gamer leg.
This is legitimately how my dad’s legs look. He’s played WOW every day since it came out. Never walked and lived off ciggies and coffee and gamed all day since retirement. Recently the clots were so bad that one of his legs swelled until it split open. Then they had to do surgery where they peeled open his leg from groin to ankle and sorted out the clots. Now he has to do it all again for leg two. Please folks. At least do a lap around the block. Update: apparently he’s shifted to Warframe now. (Should add that this isn’t me saying that this is what the guy in the video has. Just bringing up the similarities in appearance and reminders to go for a walk before your legs look like this).
Yeah but while I was gaming when I got mine, It was only in 2-4 hour bursts. Then I would hit my personal gym because its quicker than coffee. Most office workers sit on their ass longer. No, mine was started from an allergic reaction.
the repeatedly going to the hospital, being told everything's fine and getting run around to multiple specialists only to be given medication with a gigantic markup you can't afford is so real though
As someone who can't go a day without some form of exercise (mandatory bed rest is like hell), this is absolutely wild. Even when I played Skyrim for 3 days straight when it first came out, I still had to move to use the restroom and give my eyes a break and make food. I could never.
Dude nobody cares… shut up you want an award 🥇 and a pat on the back the back you have to do something physical your a clown bruh… I work outside doing a physical labor hard and I still workout everyday I’m not tryna flex like you
Marnz Leg! An FGC classic right there. Also he openly spoke about abusing his workers and excluding "the poors" from his internet cafe on an episode of Excellent Adventures. He rigged multiple Guilty Gear brackets and almost killed the whole scene. FUCK MARN!
Sometimes I wonder If I dont move around or go outside enough but then I remember stuff like this and have a massive sense of relief that I wont suddenly turn to ash
I had HSP as a kid! It was painful as fuck and had the bruises/sores on the bottom of my feet. Luckily, my mom had me rushed to the hospital after she talked to the doctor. I was on an IV full of steroids for days. After about a week, I was all healed up. Shit was traumatic as a kid.
Steroids are said to boost recovery, among other things. So i guess thats why they gave you those. Did you feel stronger or more aggressive or just like a regular kid?
Oh. God. You brought back an old, disgusting memory of mine. My father was a paralyzed man from the waist down with type two diabetes. His legs looked exactly like this; absolute necrosis and dying from the hips down because he didn't use them, as well as his morbid obesity. Nasty. Nasty. Nasty nasty.
You can tell that the people leaving long essays about how inactivity will give you terrible health didn't actually watch the video where he explains multiple times that this is a skin condition.
I kept scrolling through comments, thinking I was in the twilight zone looking for one sane comment. Why is everyone talking about seeing someone with the same exact issue caused by them being a certified Fatty McFatterson™️?
Edited for spelling and details Ohhh my gosh, so I actually have HSP! Untreated it can be so so rough and difficult, and it getting out of control can cause kidney and intestinal issues. So while I am a gamer, this came out of NOWHERE when it manifested and I worked a job where I was on my feet a decent amount. It started out looking like I had little red spots but no bumps and no itching. It didn't go away so I went to the hospital, cuz I'd never seen anything like it. They told me I had a staph infection, prescribed an antibiotic and sent me home. I went BACK to the hospital a couple of different times, because it STILL wasn't going away. And THEN I suddenly went rapidly from little red dots to swollen legs, painful purple splotches, hives that burst open into several lesions on my legs, AND a deep black ulcer spot on my right foot that was EXCEPTIONALLY painful. Needless to say, I FREAKED out and called the dermatologist because the hospital hadn't been able to figure it out. When I went to the dermatologist, he took one look at my legs, left the room, and came back with a medical textbook where he could show me and they diagnosed me with Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP)! The Dr described it ultimately as an autoimmune disorder. The black ulcer was caught very shortly before it could become a major problem and thankfully it was still fixable. Getting it fully under control took 3 months of high dosage steroid, and in that time I also ended up with a secondary infection. My legs were bandaged for months, I had to change out dressings regularly and use a steroid cream and antibiotic cream, as well as oral antibiotics, to get everything managed. They had to try a few different antibiotics because the infection wasn't responding, and then do a swab to find the right one. That swab was THE most pain I have ever experienced and I've had a tooth removed with no numbing. I can tell you that there were legitimately times that the pain and throbbing were absolute AGONY and it ultimately left me with some major scarring on my feet and legs as well as severe nerve damage in one ankle. It was pretty traumatic, as well, and small flare up on my legs and hands can cause a full blown panic response because those months were AWFUL. HSP is honestly scary to deal with and very painful, and before it was outright mentioned in the video, I was wondering if that was what was going on, because it IMMEDIATELY reminded me of my experience. It can be recurring once you've experienced it, but more often than not the first outbreak is the worst.
@@stuflames4769 Thank you. This was several years ago (I was in my early 20's at that time) and now I thankfully only get small outbreaks that are easy to handle, and only when I get too stressed or sick.
@@Gatorade69 The hospital was CONVINCED it was a staph infection, every time, and ultimately I had to seek out a dermatologist on my own. I live in a backwards kind of area. When I went to a dermatologist it was the only one in the area and like a half hour minimum drive away.
This was my life until very recently. I got on Wellbutrin for my depression and my entire life has turned around. I'm not miserable when I wake up anymore. It's a game changer.
I experienced this exact problem for 15 years. As soon as I hit puberty I started becoming very tired all day every day. Naturally doctors thought I had a sleep problem and treated it as such for 15 years. Then a sleep specialist figured it out after 5 minutes of conversation with me. Turns out I have Narcolepsy, a waking-up problem, not a sleep problem. I never felt refreshed after sleep because I never truly woke up. Now I take a stimulant every day and feel somewhat normal. Go see a sleep specialist, it might change your life like it did mine.
I know it's cliche but, stay away from screens (not even blue light filters work. Just meditate or read or some shit for an hour before bed). And make sure you're getting to bed early and not just getting 8 hours in.
I'm a nurse. The veins in the feet and legs function MUCH better, especially as we get some age on us, when we MOVE. When humans sit with legs down, lymph fluid and blood pool in the lower extremities. Nothing stops this process entirely except elevating the legs, movement and time NOT sitting with legs down. Get off that @$$, get on those feet and WALK.
Not exactly. The move is actually named "Backlash," but some commentators called it "Marn's Leg" as a joke. So it's a community name, not an official one.
This was my disease! Henoch Schonlein Purpura. I Got HSP at 21, was in the hospital a couple weeks, and it took over a year to ween off the prednisone 😑 The burst capillaries were painless but my kidneys were being attacked and the abdominal pain was the worst thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. Swollen joints would sometimes make it unbearable to stand up. Chemo and steroids did nothing to slow it down. After 6-7 weeks it went away by its own accord and I made a full recovery, including my kidneys.
😂 its a calcium build up if im remembering right. Basically the body makes so much that it starts growing from places other than just the finger nails, starting from hair follicles. It was a ripleys believe it or not story way back when. Im sure you can find a video or 2 around about it.
I remember hearing about a tournament team that insisted on its members doing an intense workout schedule so their bodys could handle the stresses of constant sitting during tournaments and game training.
Well this isn't what I thought it was going to be, but make sure you get up and move around when gaming. Sitting for long periods of time can lead to some real unfortunate shit, blood clots being among the worst. I've seen some real nasty ulcerations over the years from poor circulation..
"They prescribed me a month's worth of doxycycline which I can't afford so I'm probably going to die". That's so crazy to me because I literally have a month's worth of doxycycline in my cupboard rn. Except mine is meant for STDs, and there's so many programs out there that will hand it out, a lot of them for free or for cheap, to anyone who has an active sex life, but especially if you're gay
My late grandpa got gamer leg in world war ii and had a limp for the rest of his life. Had to wear compression wraps so the blood didn't just pool in that one leg and necrose. IIRC it was CVI due to long periods of sitting and standing in his role as a signal core officer. In the end it was the lung cancer that got him though.
Man, that poor guy. :( That sounds absolutely nightmarish. Sounds a _bit_ like when I had chickenpox in 2002. I never had it as a child, and if you get it as an adult it's a _thousand_ times worse--and that is NOT an exaggerating. Not only was every square millimeter of my skin covered in bright red pustules, I had sores all through me--even on my organs. I nearly died.
It's pretty bad. i got it when i was 21 and it absolutely wrecked me for weeks. all day half asleep in bed, barely able to respond to simple questions, doctors saying 'if this happens call an ambulance' @@connertomaterhater6691
I actually do have some weird ulcers on my shoulders, have had them for at least a couple of years. I just assumed it was acne, since I've been struggling with it since my mid-twenties. Had to look it up again, nope, everything still points to acne. I am getting a dermatologist appointment anyway, just in case. Thanks, Whang, sometimes we all need a reminder to take care of ourselves.
@@Arri7979not yet, but I used an anti-acne cream I've been using on my face for years on my shoulders, and the ulcers got much better, almost disappearing entirely from one shoulder. I guess this settles it, it's just acne.
@@Palmtop_User yeah, I've been to the doctor since, she confirmed that it's nothing to worry about, my skin is just sensitive and prone to acne. Using my usual cream should be enough
Luckily some of this is reversible. I had poor circulation in my lower legs from smoking but now I run almost every day. Unfortunately when it comes to something like smaller veins, the body can't fix everything. I take a lot of different supps to stay on top of the lingering issues, but still, don't give up!
I remember when this was happening in real time, that being said, Marn had a bit of weird history in the fighting game community. That man could play a mean game of marvel 2.
Man, I had HSP in kindergarten. Straight up couldn't walk for a week and I'll never forgive the fact it caused me to miss a field trip. Never knew anyone else who had it so I'm surprised it's more common than I thought. Wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Soon as i saw it i figured it was vasculitis. Im very active and also work physical labor job but I got leukocytoclastic vasculitis that looked exactly like this. When he said it got unbearable at night it just confirms vasculitis to me. Your capillaries basically start exploding as you go to bed and while you sleep, it literally feels like fire. They dont know what caused mine either, my gastro thinks its my ulcerative colitis, the immunologist or whatever thought it was secondary to covid infection, dermatologist said they simply dont know the vast majority of the time. Its not hygiene related, can happen to anyone. The pain sucks, you get blood filled blisters and some have puss, its disgusting. Had it for 6 months and took steroids to kill it, despite me being on biologic immunosuppressants the entire time.
as someone with rare diseases and conditions, mainly invisible ones, i can say that a surprising number of people are really sh*tty at understanding chronic illnesses and how they aren’t contagious. the ignorance is strong. that n there are a lot of social justice warriors out there that like to give me a hard time about using my handicap parking tag. i usually grab at my stomach or chest n apologize for my intestines or heart showing through… that and my favorite response to “you don’t look sick” is “you don’t look stupid but here we are”
im not really a "gamer" anymore but i do have a realitively sedentary lifestyle (besides a part time job that inclues a lot of walking), but i am OBSESSIVE about checking my legs and feet bc i have pcos and diabetes runs in the family. i am horrified of anything like this. please guys exercise your legs. they even make chair exercises and machines that move your legs for you. you WILL end up legless if you dont , slowly but eventually
@@Sephlock have you ever seen those as seen on TV ads targeted for old people to keep circulation in their legs? It looks like a stair stepper kinda but it basically just moves your feet back and forth to improve circulation
my legs look like this when i have a severe eczema flareup. in middle school i got a patch on my right cheek that looked almost exactly like that. it was hell
I've got adult onset IGA Vasculitis (thankfully found a nephrologist early on that figured out it wasn't a freaking rash and found me effective treatment) but what he described as the early stages sound exactly like what happened to me - I just found a good, informed doc before I got this bad!
Hey @dloki do you mind sharing abit of information about your condition? My spouse has it and I'm trying to find a proper treatment for her that isn't just steroids.
@@StinkyOrnstein Sadly steroids are involved in my treatment for maintenence too. They started me off with a series of infusions of, I believe, rituximab to beat the symptoms down. I was on prednisone as my maintenance steroid for a while, but then a combo of blood pressure meds and a wixela inhaler (just enough steroid to work but not to give me side effects) was enough for me to wean off prednisone. Haven't had a resurgence since 2019 on this combo. We've added jardiance recently to help stabilize the creatine levels too. Its been remarkably effective. Sadly, the version I got, affecting only my legs, is LUCKY. Bleeding in your brain, eyes, intestines, etc are the other horrific options. Watch for anemia.
So you mentioned scabies. I had that when I was about 13 or so and it was bad. We didn't have health insurance and my family wasn't in the best position financially so it went untreated, hoping it would just pass. Well, several months in I basically tore my right hand to shreds and I was in constant pain. It began to affect other areas but after my dad had noticed how bad it was, we finally took action and I had to get a ton of blood work plus other things done. Absolutely worst moment of my life.
Oh, man. I can attest to this. I caught this at camp Lejeune and didn't know until i took off my utilities at night. My roommates immediately left the room to sleep elsewhere and the barracks had a mini lock down. The navy hospital had 0 idea and multiple doctors had a look. The pain and hours at the hospital definitely made me feel like I was going to die.
Huh, I would have guessed Peripheral Arterial Disease - with atherosclerotic ischemia to the descending aorta at the common iliac arteries and maybe in the aortic arch. I would have expected them to do an angiogram at least. Just guessing tho. Guys if there is anything you can take from this let it be poor vascular health is deadly.
Looks similar to my dad's leg after some molten slag hit his legs. He had tons of little dark spots and open wounds like that on his leg. He ended up getting a gnarly infection and amputation was a possible outcome. Thankfully he beat the infection and kept his leg. He's had to use a cane since, though.
I'm literally just starting the video so I don't have all the info yet, but as a nurse of 15 years, it looks like lack of circulation of blood to the legs. Our legs are further from our hearts and therefore get less blood flow or we have to work a bit to get that flow going properly which is why walking and activity is so important. I have to guess some necrosis is occurring or working it's way to it. Necrosis is dead tissue which is secondary to long term lack of blood supply to the effected organs. Ok I'll shut up now and listen 😂
Poor guy, I hope the dude is doing great and they finally figured wtf is going on and they have it handled. And hearing him say that he wouldn’t be able to afford the medicine they prescribed him I felt bad man. If patients are prescribed a medication then they should be able to fill the prescription not "I can’t afford it so I guess I might have to die…." Like no that’s fucked up.
The leg is gross, but we should have some respect for this man, who was a professional gamer and top-notch athlete. He can do things with a joystick that most of us couldn't dream of accomplishing.
My son has hsp or whatever it’s called. It’s a auto immune response from a flu he had. Red dots, swollen legs, and sick. It causes your blood vessels in your legs and stomach burst or whatever. He still has to do a urine test every month because it can affect your kidneys. Idk why the doctor prescribed antibiotics.
Jesus christ, I assumed it was someone who sat down all day and barely got up, the leg ended up dying and getting sepsis I'm glad it's just a fixable condition though
I’ve had Henoch-Schönlein purpura. It wasn’t like this for me it was more red and looked more like a rash. But the pain is so bad that you actually can’t walk and my feet swollen too so balance is weird.
My dad got purpura as a kid. Nobody knows why, and he said it didn't hurt, but he had to be careful not to bruise himself amd cause more bleeding. And after like 2 years it stopped entirely.
I really thought it was diabetes, because I remember my grandma having a leg sort of like that, with rashes and spots all over. It's an almost haunting sight in a way.
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Most likely diabetic ulcers from not taking care of your diabetes. It always starts with your feet and works its way up your legs. You see it all the time at the hospital. If you continue to not take care of your diabetes they often times have to amputate the infected foot or even leg.
I have something similar. Effectively, my capillary walls are thin enough that it leaks blood into the surrounding skin. I am very active, and it gets worse with stress. My doctors at Stanford have no information aside from that, and as long as I have no other effects they say that its not an issue.
There's also an autoimmune disease called "Lymphomatoid Papulosis" that looks like his leg, it's typically benign, but between 5% and 20% of cases can develop into Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Typically it’s prescribed for two weeks though. It’s pretty rare to warrant a whole month of antibiotics so I expect it’d be a bit more costly than that. I could be wrong, though.
Not with insurance plus I went years without insurance, like over a decade and don't recall antibiotics being over $20. Even if, I would think a guy who could afford a trip to Vietnam could to drop $110
@@HeightofMediocrity Almost died of sepsis a couple of weeks ago and it was indeed more expensive; though not that much more. Like tack on an additional $20. Of course, I still have health insurance for a few more months.
I go to a methadone clinic. That picture is more horrifying than most of the legs I've seen (and smelled) irl 💀 Though I'll never forget this one guy at my first clinic. He was severly obese and lived in a tiny van with his elderly parents. It was so bad you could tell if he had been to the clinic in the past hour because the smell lingered. The second he walked through the door downstairs, you could smell it upstairs on the opposite side of the building. Forgetting his name is a sign I'm on the path to forgetting that wretched smell. Someday....
I am a retired clinical massage therapist and I had one female client who was severely obese, and could barely fit on the table(not being insensitive it was a general observation) and everything about her screamed unhealthy. When someone has this condition hers was she sat too long, the area is extremely tight, and limited pressure could be applied like that of stroking a feather on someone's skin, it was the gnarliest thing I've ever massaged because of how tight the skin was and how it felt.
Oh wow I actually had a minor case of this but it was from being bedridden for a while and heck yeah it hurt horribly. I already have a weak immune system and it was when the prescribed steroids I was on finished and I became too weak to walk around much. It feels like fire in your legs and it's actually pretty hard to choose if it feels worse walking or laying down at night. TMI warning: And heck yes it did smell, it was like a watered down smell of an ear infection if you're curious and I only had it from my calf to my toes. Theres a crazy satisfaction in peeling off the huge scab layer with imprinted toe wrinkles though, it was like I was a lizard shedding my skin
I loved gaming as much as the next gamer, but my performance always deteriorated once i passed seventy minutes mark sitting on the seat. So i always have some pitstop on the toilet, grab some water, or just stretch for two to three minutes. Trust me, you'll feel invincible after that.
I had HS Purpura (the first disease suggested) when I was a kid and thank Jebus it looked nothing like that! Would've scarred me mentally for life, probably. Mine were just red spots like chicken pox.
Jesus. Im disabled with a severe case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Due to this, i struggle with basic tasks and am pretty sedentary. Regardless, Im on a weight loss journey and even though i play alot of games since im house bound, I still take walks and try to get out every once and a while. I need a cane/walking aid, but the idea of never getting up just reminds me of that WOW episode of South Park
i have a patch on my leg and forearm that look exactly like this. not nearly as bad and it doesn't leak fluid, its still very itchy and it burns a lot with a bunch of scabs. ive tried going to the hospital, various clinics, and nothing they say to do and prescribe helps. its not spreading; its been in the same place for years. i dont work out or anything but my job is pretty physical so im in decent shape and at a healthy weight with no genetic predispositions to complications or diseases.
being someone who suffered this ultra rare disease I can tell you its the worst experience of my life. broken bones and being almost dead from covid didnt compare to the suffering hsp caused me. the internal hemmoraging was painful, it destroyed my kidneys, my feet and legs were covered in sores that busted upen and caused excruciating pain to even slightly move. your feet and legs swell up to 2 times their normal size if your legs are not above your body, the scars never go away and anyone that sees them either thinks your legs were washed in acid or you have some horrible contagious disease.
I have a simlar skin conditon known as Hydradenitis Superitiva, or Acne inversa. essentially its a hardcore version of regualr acne that forms anywhere hair grows and swet glands are present. it causes painful solid lumps to form, they leak ooze and grow and well if you touch/rub/friciton and otherwise irritate the areas - problem is, they tend to happn under your arsm, under your butt, etc. theyre super painful to have, super painul to remove, an there's no cure, no treatment, and it just gets worse as you get older. PPl assume its a hygenie thing, a wight thing, a laziness thing - but it has nothign to do with it. its just a weird genetic payload
Whenever you see a picture of anyone's extremity getting that bad, and you don't know what the person looks like. You can assume that their face looks very tired, unamused, getting by life. Tired eyes, fat round faces, and grayish skin, are common attributes
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Just curious, do you not have any upper eyelids or are you perhaps suffering from a condition? I actually had my lower brows swell practically overnight last year, covering up my upper eyelids, and I can't figure out why. Thanks for the content, cheers!
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@@charlespancamo9771you can see him blinking. What you on about
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Showed the gamer leg to my mom, who is a doctor. She glanced up and went “stasis dermatitis, nice” then went back to what she was doing
Ten minutes later she asked me if I’ve thought about getting a gym membership.
Thanks gamer leg.
You will appreciate it when your older.
Gigachad mom
"nice." Mom's seen some nasty bodies at work, she wasn't even shook
Lucky I have stairs in my building that I have to climb everyday
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This is legitimately how my dad’s legs look. He’s played WOW every day since it came out. Never walked and lived off ciggies and coffee and gamed all day since retirement. Recently the clots were so bad that one of his legs swelled until it split open. Then they had to do surgery where they peeled open his leg from groin to ankle and sorted out the clots. Now he has to do it all again for leg two.
Please folks. At least do a lap around the block.
Update: apparently he’s shifted to Warframe now.
(Should add that this isn’t me saying that this is what the guy in the video has. Just bringing up the similarities in appearance and reminders to go for a walk before your legs look like this).
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I miss WoW, it sucks now
I dunno man, that sounds like a different condition
This is like 25% of the reason why I got a dog lol
Yeah but while I was gaming when I got mine, It was only in 2-4 hour bursts. Then I would hit my personal gym because its quicker than coffee. Most office workers sit on their ass longer. No, mine was started from an allergic reaction.
As a plague doctor, I can say that it looks nothing like the bubonic plague.
Bubonic plague: gamer DLC
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What do plague doctors taste like?
Like disease and herbs @@AloraBernadotte
Thanks doc
the repeatedly going to the hospital, being told everything's fine and getting run around to multiple specialists only to be given medication with a gigantic markup you can't afford is so real though
As someone who can't go a day without some form of exercise (mandatory bed rest is like hell), this is absolutely wild. Even when I played Skyrim for 3 days straight when it first came out, I still had to move to use the restroom and give my eyes a break and make food. I could never.
Dude nobody cares… shut up you want an award 🥇 and a pat on the back the back you have to do something physical your a clown bruh… I work outside doing a physical labor hard and I still workout everyday I’m not tryna flex like you
Right?! How do you just NOT MOVE?! I can’t imagine that. I’m walking laps round my kitchen typing this!😂
Sorry but did you like, actually watch the video? He literally said the his condition had nothing to do with him being overweight or a gamer.
@@DogmanOffical not to mention he literally decided to get up and go to an event after the doctor told him to rest
Oh man, you're so cool.
"I haven't tasted him myself so I can't say for sure." I appreciate your journalistic transparency.
Don't want to get hbomberguy'd over not licking the gamer leg
MSNBC, CNN, FOX.... Eat your hearts out. This man's journalistic integrity is a level of magnitude greater than yours
I, on the other hand, did NOT appreciate it.
😂😂😂 right!
Oooh so that's how you compliment a good joke
Marnz Leg! An FGC classic right there. Also he openly spoke about abusing his workers and excluding "the poors" from his internet cafe on an episode of Excellent Adventures. He rigged multiple Guilty Gear brackets and almost killed the whole scene. FUCK MARN!
Yeah he's one of the villains of the scene, for sure.
Almost forgot that he boiled a live rat once too. Dude is a complete villain.
Why did he boil the rat? How is he not in jail or prison for animal abuse?
ok yeah fuck this dude. he deserved the gamer leg
@@King4sshole89 He did it in Vietnam, which functionally has no animal cruelty laws.
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You poor individual, my heart yearns for you
@@thehandsomestman666 so you're confessing your love to him is what you're saying lol
@@eldritchbidoof essentially, yes
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Sometimes I wonder If I dont move around or go outside enough but then I remember stuff like this and have a massive sense of relief that I wont suddenly turn to ash
I had HSP as a kid! It was painful as fuck and had the bruises/sores on the bottom of my feet. Luckily, my mom had me rushed to the hospital after she talked to the doctor. I was on an IV full of steroids for days. After about a week, I was all healed up. Shit was traumatic as a kid.
I went through a similar experience, the shit was rough af
Sounds awful! Fighting the urge to google & make myself paranoid :/
@@alexandramaclachlan7597 lmao you do not have hsp ❤
Steroids are said to boost recovery, among other things. So i guess thats why they gave you those. Did you feel stronger or more aggressive or just like a regular kid?
He sat there for so long his leg became moldy.
The average redditor has cold sweats over this thought
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@@iHaveTheDocumentsHe gonna get gamer leg
same thing happened to this pink vtuber
Thats not funny. That's mean
Oh. God. You brought back an old, disgusting memory of mine. My father was a paralyzed man from the waist down with type two diabetes. His legs looked exactly like this; absolute necrosis and dying from the hips down because he didn't use them, as well as his morbid obesity. Nasty. Nasty. Nasty nasty.
I'm guessing you're not referring to his condition in the past tense because he turned his life around and became a paralympic athlete...
Did he pop and explode
RIP dad
You can tell that the people leaving long essays about how inactivity will give you terrible health didn't actually watch the video where he explains multiple times that this is a skin condition.
I kept scrolling through comments, thinking I was in the twilight zone looking for one sane comment. Why is everyone talking about seeing someone with the same exact issue caused by them being a certified Fatty McFatterson™️?
dead internet theory real.
The skin condition is caused by inactivity! You are so fool.
The people with long essay are right on what they do, be more of a listener, don't be full of yourself.
The skin condition is caused by inactivity! You are so foool.
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Ohhh my gosh, so I actually have HSP! Untreated it can be so so rough and difficult, and it getting out of control can cause kidney and intestinal issues.
So while I am a gamer, this came out of NOWHERE when it manifested and I worked a job where I was on my feet a decent amount. It started out looking like I had little red spots but no bumps and no itching. It didn't go away so I went to the hospital, cuz I'd never seen anything like it. They told me I had a staph infection, prescribed an antibiotic and sent me home.
I went BACK to the hospital a couple of different times, because it STILL wasn't going away.
And THEN I suddenly went rapidly from little red dots to swollen legs, painful purple splotches, hives that burst open into several lesions on my legs, AND a deep black ulcer spot on my right foot that was EXCEPTIONALLY painful. Needless to say, I FREAKED out and called the dermatologist because the hospital hadn't been able to figure it out.
When I went to the dermatologist, he took one look at my legs, left the room, and came back with a medical textbook where he could show me and they diagnosed me with Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP)!
The Dr described it ultimately as an autoimmune disorder. The black ulcer was caught very shortly before it could become a major problem and thankfully it was still fixable.
Getting it fully under control took 3 months of high dosage steroid, and in that time I also ended up with a secondary infection. My legs were bandaged for months, I had to change out dressings regularly and use a steroid cream and antibiotic cream, as well as oral antibiotics, to get everything managed. They had to try a few different antibiotics because the infection wasn't responding, and then do a swab to find the right one. That swab was THE most pain I have ever experienced and I've had a tooth removed with no numbing.
I can tell you that there were legitimately times that the pain and throbbing were absolute AGONY and it ultimately left me with some major scarring on my feet and legs as well as severe nerve damage in one ankle.
It was pretty traumatic, as well, and small flare up on my legs and hands can cause a full blown panic response because those months were AWFUL.
HSP is honestly scary to deal with and very painful, and before it was outright mentioned in the video, I was wondering if that was what was going on, because it IMMEDIATELY reminded me of my experience. It can be recurring once you've experienced it, but more often than not the first outbreak is the worst.
Sounds like absolute hell.
Hope you stay well.
@@stuflames4769 Thank you. This was several years ago (I was in my early 20's at that time) and now I thankfully only get small outbreaks that are easy to handle, and only when I get too stressed or sick.
That sounds awful. I'm glad you *eventually* got it figured out. I don't see why they didn't just send you to a dermatologist earlier on.
@@Gatorade69 The hospital was CONVINCED it was a staph infection, every time, and ultimately I had to seek out a dermatologist on my own. I live in a backwards kind of area. When I went to a dermatologist it was the only one in the area and like a half hour minimum drive away.
What was the "swab" procedure?
"THE OWNER OF THIS LEG" LMAO
LMAO that made me laugh too
OWNER OF A MOLDY LEG...
OWNER OF A MOLDY LEG
MUCH BETTER THAN A
OWNER OF A BROKEN LEG
No other way to phrase it
@@milo9805 😜
@@kingdavid7516 hahahaha ace
He looks like he’s molding. 😳
Agreed. Almost gangrene. 😬
I have never EVER woke up refreshed. Always just as tired as when went to bed. I cant imagine what refreshed feel like
This was my life until very recently. I got on Wellbutrin for my depression and my entire life has turned around. I'm not miserable when I wake up anymore. It's a game changer.
have you tried drinking water
I experienced this exact problem for 15 years. As soon as I hit puberty I started becoming very tired all day every day. Naturally doctors thought I had a sleep problem and treated it as such for 15 years. Then a sleep specialist figured it out after 5 minutes of conversation with me. Turns out I have Narcolepsy, a waking-up problem, not a sleep problem. I never felt refreshed after sleep because I never truly woke up. Now I take a stimulant every day and feel somewhat normal. Go see a sleep specialist, it might change your life like it did mine.
I know it's cliche but, stay away from screens (not even blue light filters work. Just meditate or read or some shit for an hour before bed). And make sure you're getting to bed early and not just getting 8 hours in.
Try and get checked for sleep apnea especially if you have weight issues. It's a slow and silent killer.
"Cookies n Cream flavored"
"Blueberry muffin."
This candyland dlc wild.
I'm a nurse. The veins in the feet and legs function MUCH better, especially as we get some age on us, when we MOVE. When humans sit with legs down, lymph fluid and blood pool in the lower extremities. Nothing stops this process entirely except elevating the legs, movement and time NOT sitting with legs down. Get off that @$$, get on those feet and WALK.
Fun fact: In Tekken, the character Hwoarang has a kick move named "Marn's Leg" that is a direct reference to this.
lmao this is 100% false but good one 🤣🤣
Not exactly. The move is actually named "Backlash," but some commentators called it "Marn's Leg" as a joke. So it's a community name, not an official one.
@@johncera3972judging by the reply directly below you not 100% false but also not true.
"Can't afford so i might die" - The great American healthcare system in a nutshell
Thank you, Obama care.
@@RezaQinThank you santa claus
Maybe if he'd bothered to move his fat ass once in a while, instead of playing crappy beat em ups all day he'd probably be fine.
@@RezaQin Thank you, American health insurance industry.
@@RezaQin yup
This was my disease! Henoch Schonlein Purpura. I Got HSP at 21, was in the hospital a couple weeks, and it took over a year to ween off the prednisone 😑 The burst capillaries were painless but my kidneys were being attacked and the abdominal pain was the worst thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. Swollen joints would sometimes make it unbearable to stand up. Chemo and steroids did nothing to slow it down. After 6-7 weeks it went away by its own accord and I made a full recovery, including my kidneys.
Can we get back to the woman who grew fingernails instead of hair?
😂 its a calcium build up if im remembering right.
Basically the body makes so much that it starts growing from places other than just the finger nails, starting from hair follicles.
It was a ripleys believe it or not story way back when. Im sure you can find a video or 2 around about it.
@@stewartknoll2338fingernails are made of keratin not calcium
@@Ase832 you mean what i know
I remember hearing about a tournament team that insisted on its members doing an intense workout schedule so their bodys could handle the stresses of constant sitting during tournaments and game training.
You can’t exercise away your sitting time.
Well this isn't what I thought it was going to be, but make sure you get up and move around when gaming. Sitting for long periods of time can lead to some real unfortunate shit, blood clots being among the worst. I've seen some real nasty ulcerations over the years from poor circulation..
This. I usually walk or pace around and stretch for 10 mins after sitting down for like 2 hours straight.
The mythical Type 3 diabetes
bro literrally invented brand new diabetes
Type 3 diabetes is actually diabetes of the brain also known as Alzheimer's.
@@jesse2488 wait there was type 3 all time? (i have zero medical knowledge)
@@BrianGaming365nah he made that up
@@dottedottedotte wait what the sigma?
"They prescribed me a month's worth of doxycycline which I can't afford so I'm probably going to die".
That's so crazy to me because I literally have a month's worth of doxycycline in my cupboard rn. Except mine is meant for STDs, and there's so many programs out there that will hand it out, a lot of them for free or for cheap, to anyone who has an active sex life, but especially if you're gay
I love the digging and research you did for this and btw thanks for not using web md and going to the better source
My late grandpa got gamer leg in world war ii and had a limp for the rest of his life. Had to wear compression wraps so the blood didn't just pool in that one leg and necrose. IIRC it was CVI due to long periods of sitting and standing in his role as a signal core officer. In the end it was the lung cancer that got him though.
Damn lucky strikes probably killed more of our boys than the entire Axis.
I think you mean trench foot maybe?
yeah thats trench foot
I like how you described his leg's appearance as food at 0:10.
Man, that poor guy. :( That sounds absolutely nightmarish. Sounds a _bit_ like when I had chickenpox in 2002. I never had it as a child, and if you get it as an adult it's a _thousand_ times worse--and that is NOT an exaggerating. Not only was every square millimeter of my skin covered in bright red pustules, I had sores all through me--even on my organs. I nearly died.
Ah hell no never had it as a kid and now you done and put the fear of god in me
It's pretty bad. i got it when i was 21 and it absolutely wrecked me for weeks. all day half asleep in bed, barely able to respond to simple questions, doctors saying 'if this happens call an ambulance' @@connertomaterhater6691
@@connertomaterhater6691get the chickenpox vaccine
@@connertomaterhater6691 you can take a vaccine for chickenpox
@@connertomaterhater6691I had adult chicken pox. Not nearly as bad as that, but still the worst I've ever felt from a virus.
I actually do have some weird ulcers on my shoulders, have had them for at least a couple of years. I just assumed it was acne, since I've been struggling with it since my mid-twenties. Had to look it up again, nope, everything still points to acne. I am getting a dermatologist appointment anyway, just in case. Thanks, Whang, sometimes we all need a reminder to take care of ourselves.
Did you go to the dermatologist? What did they say it was?
@@Arri7979not yet, but I used an anti-acne cream I've been using on my face for years on my shoulders, and the ulcers got much better, almost disappearing entirely from one shoulder. I guess this settles it, it's just acne.
@Rein377 - I'm glad that's helping! Hopefully, you can still get an appointment just to rule things out and put your mind at ease.
Have you figured it out since?
@@Palmtop_User yeah, I've been to the doctor since, she confirmed that it's nothing to worry about, my skin is just sensitive and prone to acne. Using my usual cream should be enough
Luckily some of this is reversible. I had poor circulation in my lower legs from smoking but now I run almost every day. Unfortunately when it comes to something like smaller veins, the body can't fix everything. I take a lot of different supps to stay on top of the lingering issues, but still, don't give up!
I've watched hundred of hours of Avoidingthepuddle aka Aris streams and never understood the "MarnsLeg" meme until now. Thank you Whang!
I remember when this was happening in real time, that being said, Marn had a bit of weird history in the fighting game community. That man could play a mean game of marvel 2.
3:00 "Uhm, actually they didn't" ☝️🤓
That leg is telling him in Braille dots....."Please get some sunlight and stop feeding me fast food and soda pop" LoL
Man, I had HSP in kindergarten. Straight up couldn't walk for a week and I'll never forgive the fact it caused me to miss a field trip. Never knew anyone else who had it so I'm surprised it's more common than I thought. Wouldn't wish it on anyone.
When he drops Tales from the internet. We will stop what we're doing and watch in unison
YES, SIR/MA'AM
One of the only youtubers I'll always click on when I see a new vid
I’m 14 minutes late.
I'm 23 minutes late
@@gorlagOvnot as bad as me
Soon as i saw it i figured it was vasculitis. Im very active and also work physical labor job but I got leukocytoclastic vasculitis that looked exactly like this. When he said it got unbearable at night it just confirms vasculitis to me. Your capillaries basically start exploding as you go to bed and while you sleep, it literally feels like fire. They dont know what caused mine either, my gastro thinks its my ulcerative colitis, the immunologist or whatever thought it was secondary to covid infection, dermatologist said they simply dont know the vast majority of the time. Its not hygiene related, can happen to anyone. The pain sucks, you get blood filled blisters and some have puss, its disgusting. Had it for 6 months and took steroids to kill it, despite me being on biologic immunosuppressants the entire time.
as someone with rare diseases and conditions, mainly invisible ones, i can say that a surprising number of people are really sh*tty at understanding chronic illnesses and how they aren’t contagious. the ignorance is strong. that n there are a lot of social justice warriors out there that like to give me a hard time about using my handicap parking tag. i usually grab at my stomach or chest n apologize for my intestines or heart showing through…
that and my favorite response to “you don’t look sick” is “you don’t look stupid but here we are”
sorry for the shitpost too. i don’t know how to navigate this world of internet comments
I swear that "gamer leg" looks so old with those black dots around it makes me think this person has be elderly.
black dots is the flesh rotting away. its necrosis. like when you get frostbite and they have to amputate.
Lowkey gamers be crazy. I remembered the story of the guy who got a blood clot and died playing Halo 3
whang will look 22 until he is 70. the moment he hits 70 he will look FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
He got the poison buff
im not really a "gamer" anymore but i do have a realitively sedentary lifestyle (besides a part time job that inclues a lot of walking), but i am OBSESSIVE about checking my legs and feet bc i have pcos and diabetes runs in the family. i am horrified of anything like this. please guys exercise your legs. they even make chair exercises and machines that move your legs for you. you WILL end up legless if you dont , slowly but eventually
"machines that move your legs for you"
What?
@@Sephlock have you ever seen those as seen on TV ads targeted for old people to keep circulation in their legs? It looks like a stair stepper kinda but it basically just moves your feet back and forth to improve circulation
@@modernmusic52 Huh.
A true gamer would get USB foot pedals and play Mechwarrior Online!
For once I am actually happy to have RLS.
my legs look like this when i have a severe eczema flareup. in middle school i got a patch on my right cheek that looked almost exactly like that. it was hell
Dude I've been watching Aris' streams for almost a decade and I finally understand the Marn's leg joke. LMAO
I've got adult onset IGA Vasculitis (thankfully found a nephrologist early on that figured out it wasn't a freaking rash and found me effective treatment) but what he described as the early stages sound exactly like what happened to me - I just found a good, informed doc before I got this bad!
Hey @dloki do you mind sharing abit of information about your condition? My spouse has it and I'm trying to find a proper treatment for her that isn't just steroids.
@@StinkyOrnstein Sadly steroids are involved in my treatment for maintenence too. They started me off with a series of infusions of, I believe, rituximab to beat the symptoms down. I was on prednisone as my maintenance steroid for a while, but then a combo of blood pressure meds and a wixela inhaler (just enough steroid to work but not to give me side effects) was enough for me to wean off prednisone. Haven't had a resurgence since 2019 on this combo. We've added jardiance recently to help stabilize the creatine levels too. Its been remarkably effective.
Sadly, the version I got, affecting only my legs, is LUCKY. Bleeding in your brain, eyes, intestines, etc are the other horrific options. Watch for anemia.
@@StinkyOrnstein im in the same boat rn, i've just been stuck on steroids
So you mentioned scabies. I had that when I was about 13 or so and it was bad. We didn't have health insurance and my family wasn't in the best position financially so it went untreated, hoping it would just pass. Well, several months in I basically tore my right hand to shreds and I was in constant pain. It began to affect other areas but after my dad had noticed how bad it was, we finally took action and I had to get a ton of blood work plus other things done. Absolutely worst moment of my life.
I'm glad this wasn't a case of someone simply neglecting themselves like so many others of these stories
Oh, man. I can attest to this. I caught this at camp Lejeune and didn't know until i took off my utilities at night. My roommates immediately left the room to sleep elsewhere and the barracks had a mini lock down. The navy hospital had 0 idea and multiple doctors had a look. The pain and hours at the hospital definitely made me feel like I was going to die.
Huh, I would have guessed Peripheral Arterial Disease - with atherosclerotic ischemia to the descending aorta at the common iliac arteries and maybe in the aortic arch. I would have expected them to do an angiogram at least. Just guessing tho. Guys if there is anything you can take from this let it be poor vascular health is deadly.
Looks similar to my dad's leg after some molten slag hit his legs. He had tons of little dark spots and open wounds like that on his leg. He ended up getting a gnarly infection and amputation was a possible outcome. Thankfully he beat the infection and kept his leg. He's had to use a cane since, though.
4:15 mom I made it!
I'm literally just starting the video so I don't have all the info yet, but as a nurse of 15 years, it looks like lack of circulation of blood to the legs. Our legs are further from our hearts and therefore get less blood flow or we have to work a bit to get that flow going properly which is why walking and activity is so important. I have to guess some necrosis is occurring or working it's way to it. Necrosis is dead tissue which is secondary to long term lack of blood supply to the effected organs. Ok I'll shut up now and listen 😂
Poor guy, I hope the dude is doing great and they finally figured wtf is going on and they have it handled. And hearing him say that he wouldn’t be able to afford the medicine they prescribed him I felt bad man. If patients are prescribed a medication then they should be able to fill the prescription not "I can’t afford it so I guess I might have to die…." Like no that’s fucked up.
More like a Chubbyemu video than a Whang video.
Funny because Chubbyemu used Whang as a actor for one of his videos
Yeah, you're right. I found Whang this way.@@swagistan69420
I don't really see how at all
no, we didn't get -emeia, presence in blood.
The leg is gross, but we should have some respect for this man, who was a professional gamer and top-notch athlete. He can do things with a joystick that most of us couldn't dream of accomplishing.
My son has hsp or whatever it’s called. It’s a auto immune response from a flu he had. Red dots, swollen legs, and sick. It causes your blood vessels in your legs and stomach burst or whatever. He still has to do a urine test every month because it can affect your kidneys. Idk why the doctor prescribed antibiotics.
Jesus christ, I assumed it was someone who sat down all day and barely got up, the leg ended up dying and getting sepsis
I'm glad it's just a fixable condition though
I’ve had Henoch-Schönlein purpura. It wasn’t like this for me it was more red and looked more like a rash. But the pain is so bad that you actually can’t walk and my feet swollen too so balance is weird.
Bros leg looks like an Oreo McFlurry, im crying 😭💀
Holy shit, it's Marn's leg! I can't believe Whang did a video on Marn's leg!
Somebody tell Aris!
you're gonna get banned trying to do that shit dude
Aris ? Somebody call kotaku.
Glad u covered this because it's been a meme in the fgc. Who else but whang would research the lore behind marn's leg 🤣
My dad got purpura as a kid. Nobody knows why, and he said it didn't hurt, but he had to be careful not to bruise himself amd cause more bleeding. And after like 2 years it stopped entirely.
I really thought it was diabetes, because I remember my grandma having a leg sort of like that, with rashes and spots all over. It's an almost haunting sight in a way.
4:08 .. I'm learning more every episode .. thank you Wang!!!
Tom Savini es known for his work on the Living Dead films and Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre etc!! .. VERY skilled in this venue of movie effects!!!
Really?! You had to say blueberry muffin?!
You sir just ruined my favorite breakfast food.
When a story is supposed to be a gross and shocking tale of disease but it’s actually a gross and shocking tale of medical negligence and incompetence
Twomad dies and now Whang uploads?! What a day!
Hey Whang, I had a pretty bad day and you talking about street fighter and this guys gamer leg made my day a lot better …
Most likely diabetic ulcers from not taking care of your diabetes. It always starts with your feet and works its way up your legs. You see it all the time at the hospital. If you continue to not take care of your diabetes they often times have to amputate the infected foot or even leg.
I have something similar. Effectively, my capillary walls are thin enough that it leaks blood into the surrounding skin. I am very active, and it gets worse with stress. My doctors at Stanford have no information aside from that, and as long as I have no other effects they say that its not an issue.
There's also an autoimmune disease called "Lymphomatoid Papulosis" that looks like his leg, it's typically benign, but between 5% and 20% of cases can develop into Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Every one of these that gets posted gets my hopes up higher and higher for him covering garlic c--k guy
I love the gamer leg topic paired with the CoPilot ad to make sure you don’t get it yourself 😭
2:14 haha, I am not at all surprised to hear that.
Average doxycycline prescription cost $110.
Typically it’s prescribed for two weeks though. It’s pretty rare to warrant a whole month of antibiotics so I expect it’d be a bit more costly than that. I could be wrong, though.
Not with insurance plus I went years without insurance, like over a decade and don't recall antibiotics being over $20. Even if, I would think a guy who could afford a trip to Vietnam could to drop $110
@@HeightofMediocrity Almost died of sepsis a couple of weeks ago and it was indeed more expensive; though not that much more. Like tack on an additional $20. Of course, I still have health insurance for a few more months.
I go to a methadone clinic. That picture is more horrifying than most of the legs I've seen (and smelled) irl 💀 Though I'll never forget this one guy at my first clinic. He was severly obese and lived in a tiny van with his elderly parents. It was so bad you could tell if he had been to the clinic in the past hour because the smell lingered. The second he walked through the door downstairs, you could smell it upstairs on the opposite side of the building. Forgetting his name is a sign I'm on the path to forgetting that wretched smell. Someday....
I am a retired clinical massage therapist and I had one female client who was severely obese, and could barely fit on the table(not being insensitive it was a general observation) and everything about her screamed unhealthy. When someone has this condition hers was she sat too long, the area is extremely tight, and limited pressure could be applied like that of stroking a feather on someone's skin, it was the gnarliest thing I've ever massaged because of how tight the skin was and how it felt.
Great I wasn't expecting to see Marn's leg today.
As a nurse, I feel like I'd vibe with Whang based on absolutely vile subjects 🖤😂
Were you a bully in school? Most nurses were
@@TheDsRequiem I really doubt this claim holds water under any scrutiny.
@TheDsRequiem you're a bully Now
*Doctor:* Don't go to the tournament. It might get worse.
*Marn:* I'm gonna ignore that.
Gamer plays games all the time, this is what happened to his leg
the legend of marn's leg
Marn is the GOAT
He's a sex pest
Oh wow I actually had a minor case of this but it was from being bedridden for a while and heck yeah it hurt horribly. I already have a weak immune system and it was when the prescribed steroids I was on finished and I became too weak to walk around much. It feels like fire in your legs and it's actually pretty hard to choose if it feels worse walking or laying down at night. TMI warning: And heck yes it did smell, it was like a watered down smell of an ear infection if you're curious and I only had it from my calf to my toes. Theres a crazy satisfaction in peeling off the huge scab layer with imprinted toe wrinkles though, it was like I was a lizard shedding my skin
I loved gaming as much as the next gamer, but my performance always deteriorated once i passed seventy minutes mark sitting on the seat. So i always have some pitstop on the toilet, grab some water, or just stretch for two to three minutes. Trust me, you'll feel invincible after that.
I had HS Purpura (the first disease suggested) when I was a kid and thank Jebus it looked nothing like that! Would've scarred me mentally for life, probably. Mine were just red spots like chicken pox.
That's how mine started but it escalated similarly to the picture suddenly and out of nowhere because no one figured out what it was.
@@StrawberryNova Scary! D: Did you also get it as a child or as an adult?
@@YouHaveReachedBob no, mine didn't occur at ALL until adulthood! Rare occurrence from what the Dr said
Whang! not Infront of my chicken tacos. :(
Jesus. Im disabled with a severe case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Due to this, i struggle with basic tasks and am pretty sedentary. Regardless, Im on a weight loss journey and even though i play alot of games since im house bound, I still take walks and try to get out every once and a while. I need a cane/walking aid, but the idea of never getting up just reminds me of that WOW episode of South Park
i have a patch on my leg and forearm that look exactly like this. not nearly as bad and it doesn't leak fluid, its still very itchy and it burns a lot with a bunch of scabs.
ive tried going to the hospital, various clinics, and nothing they say to do and prescribe helps.
its not spreading; its been in the same place for years.
i dont work out or anything but my job is pretty physical so im in decent shape and at a healthy weight with no genetic predispositions to complications or diseases.
Starts at 2:20
Why the fuck are they using so many antibiotics, without even knowing what it is.
That's why antibiotics don't work anymore.
being someone who suffered this ultra rare disease I can tell you its the worst experience of my life. broken bones and being almost dead from covid didnt compare to the suffering hsp caused me. the internal hemmoraging was painful, it destroyed my kidneys, my feet and legs were covered in sores that busted upen and caused excruciating pain to even slightly move. your feet and legs swell up to 2 times their normal size if your legs are not above your body, the scars never go away and anyone that sees them either thinks your legs were washed in acid or you have some horrible contagious disease.
I have a simlar skin conditon known as Hydradenitis Superitiva, or Acne inversa.
essentially its a hardcore version of regualr acne that forms anywhere hair grows and swet glands are present.
it causes painful solid lumps to form, they leak ooze and grow and well if you touch/rub/friciton and otherwise irritate the areas - problem is, they tend to happn under your arsm, under your butt, etc.
theyre super painful to have, super painul to remove, an there's no cure, no treatment, and it just gets worse as you get older.
PPl assume its a hygenie thing, a wight thing, a laziness thing - but it has nothign to do with it. its just a weird genetic payload
the original Stanky leg
Whenever you see a picture of anyone's extremity getting that bad, and you don't know what the person looks like. You can assume that their face looks very tired, unamused, getting by life. Tired eyes, fat round faces, and grayish skin, are common attributes