News: Man Bleeds Green

Green Blood

From The BBC:

Patient bleeds dark green blood

A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports.

The man emulated Star Trek’s Mr Spock - the Enterprise’s science officer who supposedly had green Vulcan blood.

In this case, the unusual colour of the 42-year-old’s blood was down to the migraine medication he was taking.

The man’s leg surgery went ahead successfully and his blood returned to normal once he eased off the drug.

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