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04-29-2014 09:56 PM |
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Originally Posted by CoMoChief
(Post 10594416)
Nothing is worse than a pic of "the Blue Waffle disease"
For the love of god don't google image it.
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Dr. Amy Whitaker, an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology at the University of Chicago Hospital. Here is what she wrote:
“There is no disease known as “blue waffle disease,” in the medical world. There is no disease that causes a blue appearance on the external genitalia. I had never heard of this until you wrote to our section…and asked about it. The common belief among medical professionals with whom I have spoken or e-mailed about this is that it is a hoax; the picture and “fake” disease used to lure people into some web site.
The picture itself is disturbing. It does appear to have some ‘photoshopping’ effects in its vivid blue tint on some of the versions I’ve seen. It is also possible that a bluish appearance to external genitalia could be from bruising, which could result from force, most likely from a sexual assault. I can’t say, obviously, if that is the case here, but bruising certainly wouldn’t be bright blue. No STDS cause external bruising. Additionally, there appears to be one or two lesions, which could be an STD of some sort (for example, a herpes lesion), although it is certainly not clear from the picture. It even appears that there might be some sort of laceration on her right labia, a “cut” of sorts, but again it’s unclear. That could also be from force, or it could be an STD that presents with a lesion on the vulva.
On the other hand, the entire thing could be ‘photoshopped,’ and nothing in it represents anything ‘real.’
In any case, this is not the typical appearance of any STD or any condition of the vagina or vulva. There are no STDs that go only from women to men. (Really now, how would women get them?!)
The comments are so totally disturbing. The open misogyny and blame on women for having an STD made me sick…especially in light of the fact that I was thinking that some of the appearance could be from sexual assault.”
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