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Patient bleeds green blood
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| 06/08/07
Posted on 06/08/2007 11:15:45 AM PDT by nypokerface
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 8 (UPI) -- Doctors in Vancouver were stunned when the man they were operating on turned out to have dark green blood.
No, the man was not following in the steps of "Star Trek's" fictional Mr. Spock -- a Vulcan with green blood, BBC News reported.
The 42-year-old patient's unusually colored blood was caused by a migraine medication called sumatriptan, BBC News reported Friday.
The medication caused a rare condition where sulfur is incorporated into the oxygen-carrying red blood cells, which turns the blood green, said Dr. Alana Flexman of St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.
The man's blood returned to normal after the amount of the medication was reduced. The man had needed immediate surgery because he had developed a dangerous condition in his legs after falling asleep in a sitting position. The surgery was successful.
Mr. Spock, of the starship Enterprise, had green blood because the oxidizing agent in Vulcan blood is copper, not iron, as it is in humans.
TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: fascinating; vulcan
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To: nypokerface
A Vulcan!........Roll out the Red...er, Green Carpet!........
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:17:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: nypokerface
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:17:30 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Milky Way: 2007 Galaxy of the Year!)
To: nypokerface
Bunch of greenies in Vancouver.
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:17:56 AM PDT
by
ventanax5
To: Red Badger
I bet myself the very first post would have the word “Vulcan” in it, you didn’t disappoint me.....
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:20:39 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: nypokerface
You mean you blood can turn green and you can live?
To: nypokerface
“Live long. And Prosper.”
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:22:13 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(No to nitwit jesters with a predisposition of self importance and unqualified political opinions!)
To: nypokerface
And people keep saying there are no space aliens here (as opposed to illegal). There are Vulcans among us!
To: nypokerface
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:24:32 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Duncan Hunter 2008 (or Fred Thompson if he ever makes up his mind))
To: Abathar
I wonder if he had two hearts and four eyelids?........
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:25:17 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: nypokerface
I expect a few dedicated Trekkies are going to feign symptoms so they can get them some green blood and be like Mr. Spock.
I hope the HMO’s and Medacare is on the alert.
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:25:32 AM PDT
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Duke Nukum
(The World is Not Enough)
To: Always Right
You mean you blood can turn green and you can live? Apparently not for real long........
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:26:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: nypokerface
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:27:23 AM PDT
by
DejaJude
To: Red Badger
I was wondering if he was going to tell the Dr. how to reattach his own brain during the procedure...
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:28:27 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: nypokerface
Obviously a space alien. Hope he can survive with his new red blood.
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:31:09 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Abathar
Hope they don’t give him any VIAGRA...........
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:34:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: nypokerface
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:34:52 AM PDT
by
isom35
To: nypokerface
Maybe he was a lounge lizard..
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:35:18 AM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: nypokerface
Wow! Another one! Is there some blood disorder going around?
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:36:17 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Treaty)
To: nypokerface
Sounds like a case for House, M.D.
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:37:05 AM PDT
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Remole
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