On July 27, a 31-year-old Indian man living in Vietnam was rushed to Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi after experiencing severe abdominal pain. The cause of his distress was revealed to be a live eel that he had inserted into his anus earlier that day.
Doctors quickly conducted several tests, including an ultrasound and X-ray, which showed the eel's skeleton inside his abdominal cavity. The medical team initially attempted to remove the eel through the patient's anus, but they encountered an unexpected obstacle: a large lemon that the man had also inserted, which was blocking their access.
Faced with this challenge, the doctors decided to perform emergency surgery. Upon opening the abdomen, they found the eel, which measured approximately 65 cm in length and 10 cm in circumference. The eel had chewed through the man's rectum and colon, escaping into the abdominal cavity.
Le Nhat Huy, vice director of the Department of Colorectal and Perineal Surgery, warned of the dangers of inserting live animals into the body. "Eels can survive in anaerobic conditions for a long time and have the ability to bite through the gastrointestinal tract. People should never insert live animals through the anus to seek intense sensations due to the unforeseeable consequences."
In a bizarre twist, this was not the first such incident in Vietnam this year. In March, doctors removed an eel from the abdomen of a 43-year-old man, which had similarly entered through the anus.
The medical team at Viet Duc Hospital managed to remove both the eel and the lemon from the patient's body. He was thoroughly examined to ensure there were no other foreign objects before being stitched up and stabilized.
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