Doctors and nurses who work in emergency services can come across any and everything during their shifts. This was the case in Iran, where a man was taken into the emergency room for a rather strange reason. In fact, he was in a lot of pain because of a large foreign object located into his rectum. Just wait until you find out what the object was.
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The man suffered from acute abdominal pain
In fact, the patient had simply inserted... a deodorant into his anus. The scientific journal Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine, which details this unusual case, had more to say:
A 30-year-old man presented to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain two hours after inserting a deodorant canister into his rectum. There were no associated symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, rectal bleeding, or abnormal bowel habit, etc.
An unidentified 30-year-old male required medical surgery “two hours after inserting a deodorant canister into his rectum,” according to a case study published in the Visual Journal of Emergency Surgery 😳 pic.twitter.com/XsdpUAApGu
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The patient's life was not in danger, but the doctors obviously had to remove the rather large object. How did they go about it? They used X-rays and then made an incision in the stomach. And that was it!
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The removal surgery was risky
The man remained in hospital for a day, under observation, before returning home. All's well that ends well, and we're betting he won't be doing it again any time soon. Especially as the operation he had to undergo can be dangerous. According to the MSD Manual, it is extremely important to see a doctor before removing the foreign body, to avoid harmful complications.
Removal of a rectal foreign body may be of high risk and should be done by a surgeon or gastroenterologist skilled in foreign body removal.
The weirdest stories can be found in the ER. Not so long ago, a man stuck a glass up his anus to 'play', something he probably regretted later. There was also the case of a man who went to hospital and discovered a luminous object in his rectum.
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This article has been translated from Gentside FR.
Sources used:
Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine: A rectal foreign body with peritoneal signs
MSD Manual: Rectal Foreign Bodies
