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The Weirdest Medical Cases of 2022

A man allergic to orgasms, a vitamin D overdose, and, of course, an unusual rectal insertion are some of the strangest medical tales reported this year.
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2022 is on its last legs, and that means it’s time to embark on yet another journey through the bizarre.

Doctors regularly document the unique patients they come across in the form of case reports published in medical journals. These reports are sometimes the first step to a scientific discovery, or they may simply impart an important lesson to others in the field. But often, the clearest takeaway is that our bodies can get sick or malfunction in really baffling ways. Here are some of the weirdest case studies to have popped up in the medical literature or media this year.

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