Timeline for Can popping a pimple in the facial 'danger area' cause brain infection or death?
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| Feb 7, 2017 at 20:32 | answer | added | Richard Stanzak | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 2, 2016 at 21:45 | answer | added | user33154 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 3, 2014 at 23:08 | comment | added | user22334 | There's an incident in the Philippines recently that might support this: gmanetwork.com/news/video/220318/24oras/… (a link from a local tv station here which roughly translates to: guy who developed a tumor in the brain due to irritating one's pimple better already). Might prove as solid evidence if you understand Filipino language, though. :) | |
| May 21, 2014 at 0:46 | comment | added | user19387 | A literature check shows no cases of patient deaths, due to brain infection, arising from popping pimples. Citations from the early 20th Century are dubious at best. Today's medicine is evidence based. This triangle of death myth has been talked about for years, but there is no credible evidence to support it. The fact is that the nasal area is teeming with staph and strep in many people. And with the number of micro and macroscopic tears that occur from people picking their nose, or blowing their noses, or popping pimples, this phenomenon should be well documented in the literature. It is not | |
| Apr 15, 2013 at 5:29 | answer | added | K.k. | timeline score: 13 | |
| S Sep 18, 2012 at 1:03 | history | bounty ended | Casebash | ||
| S Sep 18, 2012 at 1:03 | history | notice removed | Casebash | ||
| Sep 14, 2012 at 15:22 | answer | added | Baarn | timeline score: 24 | |
| Sep 13, 2012 at 1:11 | comment | added | Zonata | An interesting story about the danger triangle. Unfortunately, I don't understand it all due to the specialized english vocabulary: informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01676830802009754 | |
| S Sep 12, 2012 at 1:00 | history | bounty started | Casebash | ||
| S Sep 12, 2012 at 1:00 | history | notice added | Casebash | Authoritative reference needed | |
| Aug 31, 2012 at 19:55 | comment | added | Brendan Long | The talk page for that article suggests that it's an urban legend (but with no proof unfortunately). | |
| Aug 31, 2012 at 3:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSkeptic/status/241370136102199296 | ||
| Aug 31, 2012 at 1:03 | history | asked | going | CC BY-SA 3.0 |