It’s not a correct checklist of bizarre medical tales with out somebody getting one thing caught of their butt, and this yr isn’t any exception.
In July, medical doctors in India detailed a case wherein a 50-year-old man had inserted a water bottle into his rectum. The bottle, which apparently contained 250 milliliters of water, was caught up there for 3 days earlier than his spouse introduced him to the emergency room, throughout which period the person developed belly ache and was unable to defecate. “Due to his embarrassment and worry of his spouse,” the medical doctors wrote, the person didn’t disclose what had occurred. And it was solely after he bought an ultrasound that they lastly discovered the wrongdoer.
The medical doctors had been capable of safely take away the bottle with out inflicting severe issues like bleeding, and after 5 days within the hospital, he was launched in good situation, together with a referral to a psychiatric clinic—a typical observe for these instances.
