So I normally try to stay away from topics that can create awkward moments in conversation, but today my anatomy teacher raised an interesting question, so I thought I'd share that.
1. Women can be allergic to semen, a condition called seminal plasma hypersensitivity.
2. Doctors have created a type of 'vaccine' for this. It involves getting a shot of dilute semen twice a week for two weeks and then once a week. Although it doesn't work for everyone and if it does work the couple must keep exposing the woman or the vaccine will wear off after 72 hours.
3. The first aquarium opened in Chicago in 1893.
4. Illinois has the most personalized license plates out of all states.
5. I really believe if Gunther von Hagens was not a famous anatomist he would be an insane serial killer (or something of the sort). He is the anatomist that made the Body Worlds Exhibits, which I highly recommend everyone to go and see, it is really neat and interesting. But today I watched a film of him at work (in school), like literally cutting and hacking into people's dead bodies and it was really creepy how into it he was. He's really really good at what he does, but it's just so weird. I recommend going to the exhibit whenever it comes to an area near you, but I do not recommend watching the process of making the people ready for the exhibit. I think it may creep almost everyone out and make you not want to donate your body to science.
6. Asperger's Disorder differs from highly functioning people with Autism in the sense that the onset of Asperger's is normally later, clumsiness is seen more often, social and communication processes are less severe, and that verbal IQ is generally higher than performance IQ.
7. Body Dismorphic Disorder is a disorder where someone picks out an imagined or perceived visual flaw and obsesses over it. For some individuals it can become so stressful and agonizing that their obsession intrudes their thoughts and are unable to focus or concentrate on other things.
8. Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome is diagnosed with a certain abnormality in the heart's conduction system. This change is that the heart has an extra conduction pathway, so the impulse for the bottom half of the heart to contract arrives too soon. People with WPW can experience dizziness, fainting, fast heart beats, and chest palpitations.
9. To correct Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome surgeons make small incisions on the upper leg/groin area and use what is called a catheter to work their way through the entire abdomen to kill the extra conduction pathway. This process is called a catheter ablation. It's pretty neat that heart surgery can be done through the leg so quickly and effectively.
10. Heat stroke, also called hyperthermia, has symptoms of red flushed skin but not sweating, high body temperature, fast pulse, hallucinations, confusion, agitation, and coma. It is a very serious medical condition, a good way of prevention is listening to your body and staying hydrated.
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