Oct 8, 2019 07:19 PM
(This post was last modified: Oct 8, 2019 07:32 PM by C C.)
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-me...our-years/
EXCERPT: . . . In addition to apparently experiencing none of the expected symptoms like inflammation or fevers, the man could urinate as normal, despite having 8-centimeter-long (3-inch) tweezers lodged in his urethra (the tube that carries urine and semen out of the body). It’s unclear exactly why he thought sticking the tweezers up his member was a good idea, but the case report’s authors have a few inklings. “Foreign bodies are most commonly inserted into the urinary tract by psychiatric, intoxicated, confused, or sexually curious patients,” they write in Urology Case Reports.
. . . To remove the foreign body, the doctors placed the man under general anesthetic. ... The patient suffered no problems after the procedure and was sent home. The doctors recommended that he undergo a psychiatric evaluation in case he was suffering from a mental illness and to persuade him not to do it again, but he refused. He also did not return to the hospital’s outpatient department for follow-up care.
. . . The patient detailed in the case report certainly isn’t alone. Last year, a 13-year-old boy managed to jam a USB cable into his penis, while this year, another curious 13-year-old somehow pushed 29 magnetic balls up his urethra (but didn’t tell anyone for three months because he was too embarrassed). “Variety of foreign bodies that are inserted to the genitourinary tract defies imagination,” the doctors write. “These include objects such as fish hooks, metal rods, hairpins, screws, pellets, wires, wooden sticks, piece of fish, and telephone cables." (MORE - details) [Do not do these things.]
EXCERPT: . . . In addition to apparently experiencing none of the expected symptoms like inflammation or fevers, the man could urinate as normal, despite having 8-centimeter-long (3-inch) tweezers lodged in his urethra (the tube that carries urine and semen out of the body). It’s unclear exactly why he thought sticking the tweezers up his member was a good idea, but the case report’s authors have a few inklings. “Foreign bodies are most commonly inserted into the urinary tract by psychiatric, intoxicated, confused, or sexually curious patients,” they write in Urology Case Reports.
. . . To remove the foreign body, the doctors placed the man under general anesthetic. ... The patient suffered no problems after the procedure and was sent home. The doctors recommended that he undergo a psychiatric evaluation in case he was suffering from a mental illness and to persuade him not to do it again, but he refused. He also did not return to the hospital’s outpatient department for follow-up care.
. . . The patient detailed in the case report certainly isn’t alone. Last year, a 13-year-old boy managed to jam a USB cable into his penis, while this year, another curious 13-year-old somehow pushed 29 magnetic balls up his urethra (but didn’t tell anyone for three months because he was too embarrassed). “Variety of foreign bodies that are inserted to the genitourinary tract defies imagination,” the doctors write. “These include objects such as fish hooks, metal rods, hairpins, screws, pellets, wires, wooden sticks, piece of fish, and telephone cables." (MORE - details) [Do not do these things.]