What made this man come up with such a crazy joke? Wasn’t it his inner voice? But let’s get down to the story.
A Reddit user published a photo of a man, his friend, showing that he had a positive result of a pregnancy test. There was plenty of funny comments and more than a thousand views. But things became serious, when one of the commenters wrote, “If it is true, you must go to clinic and take tests on testicle cancer. No kidding. Google it”.
Later there was another comment, “You must consult the oncologist. Tell that you took a pregnancy test with a positive result”. These users turned out to save the man’s life. The Reddit user told his friend about these comments. Finally, he followed the advice and had a screening. The doctors found a small tumor in the early stage of development.
The reporter Amy Osheer speaks about this case in more detail.
As we know, pregnancy tests evaluate a presence of chorionic gonadotropin, which is produced by placenta when a woman is expecting a baby.
Dr. Frank Rodriguez, an oncologist, confirmed that this hormone could be a marker for some forms of cancer, including testicle cancer. He notes, that this form of an oncologic disease is quite rare.Only five patients in 100 thousand per year have it.
The average age of testicle cancer patients is 40 years, but 25-year-olds can have it too. According to the statistics, more than 90% of cases are treated successfully no matter what the stage is.
Now you see how a funny story took a serious turn. The man’s bizarre experiment and his friend’s hilarious illustration saved his life.
