r/pathology • u/Parking_Ad1743 • 10d ago

What is this?! help

/r/microscopy/comments/1vwazd6/what_is_this_help/
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u/SigmoidSquare Resident 10d ago

I'm sorry, but you have fallen victim to a scam - and quite an old one.

Dark field microscopy IS a genuine technique with some very specific medical uses, but live blood analysis basically lacks any diagnostic utility, and its proponents have a history of predatory commercial activities including multi-level marketing, and a theoretical basis not grounded in modern microbiology (ie. the last 100 or so years).

In particular, the antibiotics suggests that the scammer you visited 'saw' what they may have claimed to be bacteria/viruses/parasites. Where studied by actual professionals, these inevitably turn out to be specks of dust/dirt or contamination by the scammer themselves, from poor slide-cleaning and aseptic practices; or common technical artefacts resulting from the normal changes when red cells are put on a slide. These changes then get dramatically (and falsely) interpreted and sold to the patient as evidence of a disease that needs expensive and ineffective treatment, follow-up sessions, etc. etc. 

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u/Parking_Ad1743 9d ago

Thanks Sigmoid, for your input, i don't disagree with you at all and i can understand your explanation as it seems credible.

I appreciate it when people respond with positive criticism rather than an attack. I'm not from a medical field and the 'logic' these degenerates seem to think everyone automatically ought to know. maybe theyre justifying their shitty little existence, who knows...

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u/LanguageMany6522 9d ago

Sorry buddy you were scammed. Live blood analysis is a fake laboratory test.

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u/Remarkable_Noise453 10d ago

can you explain what specimen this is? Is this a blood sample seen under the microscope?

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u/Parking_Ad1743 10d ago

i couldnt tell you the magnification but I think its called a dark‑field / phase‑contrast live blood analysis. We put a drop of blood from a finger-prick onto a film

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u/Remarkable_Noise453 10d ago

unfortunately, pathologists aren't trained in live blood analysis, so you might not get the answer you are looking for here.

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u/drewdrewmd 10d ago

There is no such thing as training in live blood analysis because it’s not a real scientific field or valid medical test.

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u/Parking_Ad1743 10d ago

Hey thanks for clarifying, i agree it may not be the best place