• BlanketsWithSmallpox
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    136 months ago

    Both my grandparents died from these…

    I should just get my big toenails removed lol.

      • @[email protected]
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        116 months ago

        Maybe their grandparents had diabetes? Wounds on the foot can get infected and not heal due to lack of circulation, resulting in necrosis, amputation, and sometimes death.

        It might have been a joke but my cursed medical knowledge just fell out of my brain and maybe ruined it. Sorry.

        • BlanketsWithSmallpox
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          6 months ago

          Bingo. 1/2 my native family I know get taken out by ingrown toenails.

          • @[email protected]
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            26 months ago

            I’m truly sorry to hear that. That sort of chronic issue is incredibly painful, especially when it ends with necrosis and death.

            I hope you and your loved ones have good health and live long happy lives.

        • BlanketsWithSmallpox
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          56 months ago

          It’s literal. Diabetes and ingrown toenails make for amputations which make for slow deaths.

          • @suction
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            16 months ago

            Ok but that reasoning is not far removed from saying “they died of being born”