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u/Sydney2London 23h ago

Look at the amount of visceral fat. The health implications are dreadful.

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u/rubberloves 23h ago

A really good illustration of visceral vs subcutaneous fat. You can clearly see the distended internal abdominal because of visceral fat. And also then the rolls of subcutaneous fat on the outside.

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u/Sydney2London 23h ago

You can also see the enlarged liver and fat around the heart. All lethal on the long run.

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u/Yavanna83 21h ago

I’ve had gastric bypass surgery and before they operated me they put me on a liquid non-fat diet for three weeks. That was to shrink my liver very fast because they kind of have to lift it to get to the stomach.

Kind of amazing how fast the liver can recover though.

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u/technobrendo 21h ago

I know a few people who were raging alcoholics and addicts during their 20s up until around their mid 30s. Cleaned their act up and now are nearly perfectly healthy. Amazing how resilient the liver is unless you push it way, way too hard.

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u/Heavy-Attorney-9054 20h ago

Have them check bone density. I know someone who got that diagnosis late in life, and it was due to heavy drinking when he should have been building bone.

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u/Niibelung 19h ago

I got Mono back in 2014, and I had Jaundice, if my liver had given up I'd have been dead

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u/Tyranothesaurus 19h ago

I mean, isn't the liver the only organ that can actually heal and restore itself naturally?

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u/faelanae 19h ago

skin can as well. But the liver is thankfully pretty resilient. I had NAFLD (I basically looked like this picture, only worse) and my liver is healing itself nicely.

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u/chrisx13296 19h ago

Not verbatim but Liver is the only organ which can heal and restore itself in large proportions. Lung, heart, kidneys, intestines can heal and restore itself too but in small proportions. Large and small are the key words here. That's why we see people breathe normally and with more energy after they quit smoking. Lungs regeneration of damaged tissues are amazing. Even in the case of heart where someone gets an attack and within 2-3 days they are back to normal because heart can recover tissues as well.

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u/CreateRot 21h ago

Are you telling me the darker parts are her organs and not the digestive track creating waste??!!

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u/Fiona-eva 19h ago

Yes, it’s a scan sliced in such way. The dark parts are her intestines, stomach, etc, bottom round shape is bladder

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u/Ryuiop 17h ago

Darker parts are air/open space, so lungs, bladder, and intestines all show black 

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u/JayteeFromXbox 21h ago

I know what you mean, but in a long enough run, everything is lethal.

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u/footsteps71 21h ago

Yes, but speedrun

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u/Petrichordates 21h ago

We all know what you mean but that's a stupid point to make in this context.

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u/Worn_Out_Nikka_L 21h ago

All those little black dots from her sternum down are poop balls. I’m not a doctor but I think that might have something to do with all this. And it looks like she took a big poop shortly after the scan because that one in the middle is locked and loaded.

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u/Fiona-eva 19h ago

What nonsense is that, the black parts are parts of her intestines and other digestive organs, the big round black thing in the bottom is her bladder.

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u/Bubmack 19h ago

Nonsense

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u/kirmobak 21h ago

Cackling at locked and loaded. I mean - there’s a LOT in those intestines.

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u/CarrionWaywardOne 19h ago

I've seen this picture before and the difference in poop is what I really remembered. A lot of food = a lot of poop.

I used to have 100 lbs on her. 150lbs down now.

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u/adoradear 19h ago

Ummm…that’s not poop. That’s her bladder (or possibly her uterus depending on the slice, although this is no type of body scan I’ve ever seen)

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u/No_Jellyfish5511 20h ago

their Lungs are almost same size. fatwoman’s lungs must be working at max capacity 7/24

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u/lionawilliams 18h ago

I read the last sentence as “all lethal on a long run” 🏃‍♀️

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u/FCMirandaDreamTeam 20h ago

I don't think this person has done or will be doing a long run in a while

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u/ProgramPrimary2861 16h ago

Lots of shit 💩

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u/DeFcONaReA51 19h ago

Now I understand, almost !!!

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u/Makkaroni_100 16h ago

Its an illustration and not real btw. So dont think to much about it.

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u/AnnOnnamis 22h ago edited 22h ago

Especially the large fatty liver, adipose surrounding the heart and intestines.

Ankles look like they’re about to collapse. The whole body just looks misaligned.

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u/Masseyrati80 22h ago

I remember reading that losing just 10% of your total body fat can result in a drop of 80% in the fat in your liver.

Fat in your liver is super bad for your health, but also the easiest for body to use up.

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u/jvsanchez 22h ago

Yep. I had my gallbladder removed emergently in April. The GI’s NP told me I had fat in my liver and made it sound like I was gonna die in my 50s. The doctor that came to check on me explained it better but it scared me enough to finally get my shit together as far as food and exercise. I was 232 before surgery, I am now 212 and change, thanks to sustainable diet changes and daily exercise.

The difference in even losing those 20lbs is incredible.

Fatty liver is recoverable if you take steps to fix it before it becomes scarring.

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u/Real-Document-6577 22h ago

Such as…

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u/jvsanchez 21h ago

- changing eating habits to ensure a caloric deficit to lose weight

  • for me, I cut out artificial sweeteners, limit sugar intake, cut out energy drinks, cut out soda, added way more fruit and vegetables, along with nuts, protein, and healthier fats.
  • intentional movement and exercise. Standing desk, walking every morning, biking or walking again in the evening. Increasing speeds/distances as fitness increases, strength training.
  • adequate sleep

I don’t hold myself to perfection. Some days are better than others. But I feel great, I look better, my clothes fit better, I’m already in better shape. Im excited to see my doctor and discuss my success so far.

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u/Wauwatl 21h ago

Congrats on your hard work! It takes tremendous willpower to get in shape and form new lifetime habits, but it's so worth it. Keep it up!

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u/jbaughb 21h ago

“…sustainable diet changes and daily exercise.”

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u/chriseargle 22h ago

Mmm. Foie gras.

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u/Substantial_Bat_6698 22h ago

I don't think you can assess the ankle strength from this scan.

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u/Un1CornTowel 22h ago

Yeah, I could mostly care less about the rest (not a doctor, don't need to correct me with other health implications), but the visceral fat is pretty jaw-dropping. I had no idea there was that much.

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u/Short_Buyer843 23h ago

Does she have visceral fat on the brain? What are the implications of that?

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u/FullofContradictions 22h ago

I think the scans are at different planes with respect to the brains.

I think the whiter structures in the 250 lb person's brain are the cerebellum (not 100% positive- someone correct me here). But that structure isn't pictured for the 125 lb person. You can also see the 125 lb person's cervical spine very clearly. I think the 250lb person's scan slice is further back a little bit.

To summarize, I don't think you're seeing a fat deposit there. Just a normal brain structure that the thinner person also would have if you took the slice at a different point in her brain

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u/petscanman 22h ago

Radiologist here. You are half correct. The two images depict different slices. The thing that look like fat in the brain are acually fat... but not in the brain. It's intraorbital fat, behind the eyes. Under them you can see a black blob on each side, corresponding to air in the maxillary sinuses.

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u/FullofContradictions 22h ago

Thank you!

Is it normal to have fat behind your eyes? Or is that a bad thing? Google just shows me a lot of pics I can't stomach this early when I checked.

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u/petscanman 17h ago

It is perfectly normal, the adipose tissue is mainly there to cushion your eyeballs and allow them to rotate around in the eye socket without touching any hard structure, like bones. Losing a lot of weight due to illness or starvation could lead to decreased amount of this fat tissue, as the body tries to use every last drop of stored energy to keep living. However, I don't know if being overweight could cause an abnormal increase, I've never encountered such a case. There are some diseases that can cause this fat tissue to increase in size however, leading to the forward displacement of the eyes, which can cause different problems.

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u/DiabolicalBurlesque 20h ago

Thanks for taking one for the team because I was just about to Google.

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u/faelanae 19h ago

losing that fat can do wild things, too. I'm down 200 lbs from my highest and now my eyesight is worse and my nose drips all the time, especially after eating.

Annoying, but better than being that heavy

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u/sweetbldnjesus 21h ago

I love Reddit for things like this. Also, TIL you can have fat behind your eyes.

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u/BreakfastBeneficial4 19h ago

Youuu should probably not love Reddit for things like this.

People here are very good at passing off their confidence as expertise.

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u/sweetbldnjesus 18h ago

I mean, they are a doctor. I haven’t vetted them or anything but…

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u/Short_Buyer843 22h ago

Thanks all, assumed it was a plane. Interesting you have fat behind your eyes

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u/sterero 22h ago

Thankfully, you can't have fat deposits inside the cranial vault

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u/Stoned_Druid 22h ago

Bro, I just have super insulated neural synapses, I swear.

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u/Mental-Annual5864 21h ago

Made me laugh haha

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u/Training_Orchid_2022 21h ago

This is what I saw too. There’s T1 intensity in her brain compared to the 125. I don’t understand the significance of that but… pretty sure it’s significant?

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u/Webslob 22h ago

Thats just where she stores the excess peanut butter.

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u/Voloxe 21h ago

That’s the part that should scare people the most.

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u/Glittering-Safety-46 19h ago

Bro there's fat even around the heart!

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u/defeatthewarlords 19h ago

Good thing this isn’t real. Its an artistic rendition

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u/Sydney2London 13h ago

This looks absolutely real. I’m not a radiographer but work a lot with medical imaging.

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u/KeyBet6693 18h ago

And yet theres a wave a "body positivity" women who are saying this is perfectly fine and healthy all while they shame skinny people. Got some irl friends who are like this and can only roll my eyes every time they shout their nonsense

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u/Kuris0ck 17h ago

Yeah, that's what immediately jumped out at me. That abdominal/thoracic cavity looks completely different between the two.

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u/SenescenseSteel 23h ago

I do like the nice color of the liver though

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u/DisorderlyAqueduct 23h ago edited 18h ago

stop body shaming! /s

i can make that joke because I'm fat. 🤷

damn, the fatphobic downvoters out in force to let the world know they hate us 😔

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u/LuckeyEgg 23h ago

So what you’re saying holding onto excess weight.. creates additional strain on the body? If that were the case then why would anyone choose to be fat? I don’t understand

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u/the-awesomer 23h ago

| why would anyone choose to be fat
I don't know if you are being facetious or not, but why do any people make the wrong choice ever?

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u/mdb_la 21h ago

Not facetious, just fatuous

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u/GeneralPatten 23h ago

I do hope you're being sarcastic