How do I make a low-cost, yet somewhat realistic-looking severed hand/foot? [more inside]
posted by chara on Oct 21, 2007 - 7 answers

My friend has a strange condition where he feels a need to have weight placed on his body. Is there a definition and reason for this? [more inside]
posted by pinksoftsoap on Oct 4, 2006 - 26 answers

Does anybody know the name of the neurological disease which breaks the connections of your passive feeling nerves but still leaves you able to control your limbs? [more inside]
posted by unrequited on Sep 28, 2006 - 4 answers

My older brother was born with a medical condition that I would like more information about. Being from a third world country does not help finding a label or diagnosis for it, so I will try to explain it as best as I can and hopefully someone will pinpoint it. I have been a US resident for a while and I am unfortunately not with him to see a doctor and find the answers that I need. From what I know it is incurable but who knows, maybe there is something out there that can help him out. [more inside]
posted by convex on Jun 19, 2006 - 11 answers

Occasionally, when I sleep, I stick my arm under my pillow and rest my head on it (a leftover habit from having it in a cast years ago). I've gotten used to the confusion of having a numb, dead arm for a few minutes in the morning, but what's bothering me lately is something I remembered hearing a while back - which is that if you cut off circulation to a limb (put it to 'sleep') for long enough it can 'fall off' or suffer a similarly nasty fate.

So, can any sort of permanent, horrible damage result from what I'm doing, or is this just bunk?
posted by Monster_Zero on Mar 28, 2004 - 24 answers