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Wait so the guy who had bleeding eyes wasn't severe? Edit: Read the article, this headline is semi-clickbait. Article indicates this is the first severe case

Wait so the guy who had bleeding eyes wasn't severe? Edit: Read the article, this headline is semi-clickbait. Article indicates this is the first severe case related to a 'backyard' (i.e. smaller farm or self-farmer range of size) farm. Sooooo nothing that new aside from the bit that bird flu is still around TBH. It's not surprising in it's own way, we are somewhere in a migratory season so these things will move around a bit more. Not saying Bird flu doesn't concern me a lot, I'm just frustrated by the 'oh this isn't new except the person got it from their backyard coop rather than some more industrial-ish farm'. Edit to Edit: Ok, I guess this is the first 'technically' severe case. Not sure what the details are but at TBH I'm not a doctor so...

tptacek 2y ago
No. The "bleeding eyes" were just busted capillaries. It's a super common symptom you can get just from sneezing too hard†; it's happened to me --- the specific "bleeding" symptom that patient had --- a bunch of times. † I'm not saying that's what happened to him, just that it's not some freaky rare "crying blood" thing.
- CyberDildonics 2y ago
  No. It's not super common.
  - kasey_junk 2y ago
    I don’t know how to quantify “super common” but it’s considered “common” in the literature. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3702240/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3702240/
- chefandy 2y ago
  It’s surprisingly common. Additionally, it can develop as a secondary symptom when temporary neurological impairments induce self-exposure to YouTube comments sections.
  - dylan604 2y ago
    How related to the bleeding ear syndrome from listening to certain types of music?
    - thfuran 2y ago
      Some people hold their head at an angle and confuse one for the other.
    - chefandy 2y ago
      I haven’t researched that but I have read there is significant comorbidity with a low tolerance for “kids these days.”
      - dylan604 2y ago
        While I can appreciate the sentiment, there's some ol'timey music that defnitley makes my ears bleed and has been known to make a Martian get all explodey
        chefandy 2y ago
        We’re talking broad-stroke statistics here.
- brailsafe 2y ago
  Can confirm, having been coughing for the last week enough to do this to my eyes. Was pretty alarming actually, but turns out to be common, it's gone now.
SkyPuncher 2y ago
My wife works in medicine. Severe in medicine basically means ICU. That terrible flu you had that one time where you could barely function and were puking multiple times would be mild in medicine.
- 2muchcoffeeman 2y ago
  Tell me about it. First time I was “very” ill from the flu, the doc was nonchalant. He was all, “yeah, this isn’t uncommon”. I was bed ridden for 2 weeks and wasn’t really 100% for almost 3months after.
  - arcticbull 2y ago
    Yep, the flu kills tens of thousands every year. CDC says about 36,000.
  - lurking_swe 2y ago
    and it makes sense when you think about it. doctors in a hospital see the whole gamut, from people with an ear infection to someone in a fatal car accident. “bleeding eyes” isn’t severe at all lol. Severe means “i’m going to die unless i get medical attention very soon”.
- m_fayer 2y ago
  And this is the structural dynamic that degrades doctor’s bedside manner and makes them appear nonchalant in the face of suffering.

tptacek 2y ago

No. The "bleeding eyes" were just busted capillaries. It's a super common symptom you can get just from sneezing too hard†; it's happened to me --- the specific "bleeding" symptom that patient had --- a bunch of times. † I'm not saying that's what happened to him, just that it's not some freaky rare "crying blood" thing.

CyberDildonics 2y ago
No. It's not super common.
- kasey_junk 2y ago
  I don’t know how to quantify “super common” but it’s considered “common” in the literature. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3702240/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3702240/
chefandy 2y ago
It’s surprisingly common. Additionally, it can develop as a secondary symptom when temporary neurological impairments induce self-exposure to YouTube comments sections.
- dylan604 2y ago
  How related to the bleeding ear syndrome from listening to certain types of music?
  - thfuran 2y ago
    Some people hold their head at an angle and confuse one for the other.
  - chefandy 2y ago
    I haven’t researched that but I have read there is significant comorbidity with a low tolerance for “kids these days.”
    - dylan604 2y ago
      While I can appreciate the sentiment, there's some ol'timey music that defnitley makes my ears bleed and has been known to make a Martian get all explodey
      - chefandy 2y ago
        We’re talking broad-stroke statistics here.
brailsafe 2y ago
Can confirm, having been coughing for the last week enough to do this to my eyes. Was pretty alarming actually, but turns out to be common, it's gone now.

SkyPuncher 2y ago

My wife works in medicine. Severe in medicine basically means ICU. That terrible flu you had that one time where you could barely function and were puking multiple times would be mild in medicine.

2muchcoffeeman 2y ago
Tell me about it. First time I was “very” ill from the flu, the doc was nonchalant. He was all, “yeah, this isn’t uncommon”. I was bed ridden for 2 weeks and wasn’t really 100% for almost 3months after.
- arcticbull 2y ago
  Yep, the flu kills tens of thousands every year. CDC says about 36,000.
- lurking_swe 2y ago
  and it makes sense when you think about it. doctors in a hospital see the whole gamut, from people with an ear infection to someone in a fatal car accident. “bleeding eyes” isn’t severe at all lol. Severe means “i’m going to die unless i get medical attention very soon”.
m_fayer 2y ago
And this is the structural dynamic that degrades doctor’s bedside manner and makes them appear nonchalant in the face of suffering.