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Topics: Life, News, Social Media, Health, Science
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Life, News, Social Media, Health, Science
We use Google for a whole bunch of reasons.
To double-check the spelling for an embarrassingly simple word, to investigate what some alarming symptoms may mean and to find out the answer to just about any niche question in a matter of seconds.
However, as I'm sure we all know, there are some extremely grim parts of the internet.
So, without further ado, let's get into a handful of some pretty horrific things you should never search for on Google and what would actually happen if you did.
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Up first on the rundown is the term 'Degloving' and no, it's got nothing to do with taking your mittens off however the concept is grossly similar.
According to WebMD, Degloving, also known as avulsion, 'happens when a large piece of your skin along with the layer of soft tissue right under it is partially or completely ripped from your muscles and connecting tissues'.
Not the nicest images on the search engine I can assure you.
Next up is 'Larvae'.
While it may be an innocent search to find out more about the insect, there's a pretty big risk that you may stumble across a medical condition of the same name, according to one Reddit thread.
WebMD explains: "Mouth larvae are parasites that hatch and live inside the oral cavities of human and animal hosts. These pests can cause a dangerous infection known as oral myiasis."
The site adds: "People can develop oral myiasis by eating larvae in their food. Flies can also enter the mouth and lay eggs in wounds."
Lovely!
'Krokodil' commonly refers to the opioid drug desomorphine.
Dubbed by Time magazine as the 'World’s Deadliest Drug' back. in 2013 - it's clear that 'Krokodil' has some pretty ghastly stories attached to it.
And if that wasn't enough to deter you from looking it up, it's slso referred to as a 'flesh-eating zombie drug'.
Not the graphic images you want to be seeing centimetres from your face, that.
Another search term you should really avoid Googling is 'harlequin baby syndrome', often known as congenital ichthyosis.
Healthline describes it as a 'rare condition affecting the skin', which is a 'type of ichthyosis, which refers to a group of disorders that cause persistently dry, scaly skin all over the body.'
The website states the skin of a newborn with the condition is 'covered with thick, diamond-shaped plates that resemble fish scales.'
Babies with the condition need to be treated immediately.
And the final thing you should steer clear from looking up arguably sounds the least intimidating.
'Fournier', which is actually also a super popular French surname, can also refer to an 'acute necrotic infection' of the genital area, as per the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).
"Fournier’s gangrene gets worse quickly and can kill you, so it’s always an emergency," WebMD warns.
Not very continental at all.