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Stevens-Johnson syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis syndrome are life-threatening reactions that can result in death. Complications include permanent blindness, dry-eye syndrome, lung damage, photophobia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, permanent loss of nail beds, scarring of mucous membranes, arthritis, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Many patients' pores scar shut, causing them to retain heat.
About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.