r/interesting • • Jul 25 '26

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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u/WaffleHouseGladiator Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Marfan?  Ehlers Danlos?

Edit: OP, you should really get checked for both conditions.  I know someone with Marfan Syndrome and she's had to have a few heart surgeries.  It can be pretty serious.

Edit the second: since this is getting traction I thought I'd share a fun fact.  Doug Jones is probably the most famous living person with Marfan Syndrome.  You probably don't know the name, but he's been in Hellboy (Abe Sapien), THE Shape of Water (The Creature), Pan's Labyrinth (The White Man, Pan), and Star Trek Discovery (Commander Sarru).  He's the most famous person that nobody knows.

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u/ComfortableBuilding5 Jul 25 '26

Came to ask the same...

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u/toomanyshoeshelp Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Doctor here - Yeah if I had those fingers I'd want my genetics and aorta checked ASAP.

Also I'd be way better at prostate exams

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u/Non_sum_qualis_eram Jul 25 '26

I bet he's thinking "Aorta get this checked out I guess"

Also, my wife is a Dr and is very tall with long fingers. Patients think they are going to have a delicate PR exam, and end up getting a manual tonsil examination 

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u/Moistfulll Jul 26 '26

Omg stop. She should become an OB. No babies getting stuck.