Unusual new crystallization
When tests start to change...
Crystallization of snow with methylene blue - only methylene blue - and then the test in the blood.
Due to the changes in the snow, the idea was to let it crystallize under different conditions. To do this, the cover glass is left off the slide and the reactions that occur are observed.
This group of blisters was the first to be noticed in the snow.
The dehydration process itself did not reveal anything special.
I then repeated the experiment with methylene blue to possibly see other reactions. Which then also occurred...
In the meantime, the reactions at the edge are also clearly visible.
Here are the crystallizing crystals at 1000x magnification
And some edge images of the same preparation:
The crystallization of methylene blue alone is completely unspectacular
I was all the more surprised when these crystallizations could now also be observed in blood counts, which had not occurred during the staining in recent weeks. It should be borne in mind that we are dealing here with high doses of methylene blue in relation to the drop of blood - something like 1:1. This does not occur in the body - but the new result still gives us food for thought. What has changed in the blood to cause these crystals to appear?
It should be noted here - that they only formed over time under the microscope and were not there immediately - so it was a reaction to the methylene blue. What is present in the snow now seems to be in the blood due to the water - some substance that was not there before, as this reaction is new.
After half an hour, most of the blood was affected. Interestingly, only in the areas where the blood had dissolved very quickly. This phenomenon did not occur in the other areas. Here is a picture enlarged 400 times. Many crystals but hardly any erythrocytes.
I have not yet been able to observe this process, which leads me to the conclusion that there must be something in the blood now that was not there before...
The more you look - the more puzzles come up...
In the meantime, we have found smaller or individual needle-like crystal structures, but these were in the blood from the beginning. The question arises as to whether this is the same phenomenon, only more pronounced, or a new one.
Interesting!! Thanks for your work.
You asked in another post if we’d noticed anything about the snow lately and I meant to reply that I noticed something after one of those snowstorms where the snow stuck to everything (tree trunks, sides of some buildings and structures depending on material). It stuck for days this “slush snow”. It was pretty but weird, like a giant snow monster had barfed snow from ground level.
When melted in a bowl and compared to faucet water in another bowl (exact same bowl-type for observation purposes) that it had this thickness about it. Unless you’re actively observing you wouldn’t notice it but the thickness was like when you add some gelatin.
Our streets were also not plowed efficiently/took a long time. A friend told me that one of the snow plowers wrote a post on this neighborhood app explaining how this snow was different and that it affected their ability to plow. Wish I’d asked for a forward of the post!
In any event I was quite shocked to notice that. It’s as if that melted snow has this viscosity to it… gross! It could be from surfactants from the spraying in sky/pollution..
If we ever have a snowfall with actual individual beautiful snowflakes (what happened to them, I feel like I can’t remember seeing a snowflake in so long. Just large stuck-together heavy snow “clumps” falling from the sky) I will see do this “experiment” again and see what it looks like melted.
Hi SAM I see these spiky crystal looking things in the blood plasma all the time. And when I let the slide sit they start unfolding into ribbons that start letting little dot like bubbles usually blue or greenish be emitted from them. Your thoughts?