Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 127

Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 127 Question 1 Which two life threatening diseases can bats transmit? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1031217351'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1031217351')) Histoplasmosis and rabies (technically bat lyssavirus) Question 2 What parenteral drug commonly used in Emergency Medicine practice is known to generate green urine? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet430712475'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink430712475')) Propfol. Follow this link for a full gamete of drugs that can turn your urine green [Reference] Question 3 What is responsible for the distinct smell urine has after you have eaten Asparagus? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet143383241'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink143383241')) Still debatable but there is a molecule that is only found in asparagus and is not destroyed by cooking…asparagusic acid. Could this be the source of the smell? So far no one has been able to prove that it creates the distinctive smell, but nor can they find another chemical that fits the description. Interestingly there is a small percent of the population who can not produce the smell or cannot sense the smell. [Reference] Question 4 M...
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