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The Worm That Didn't Turn
A 62-year-old man was getting weird with his girlfriend when he had her insert a sex toy "shaped like a worm" into his urethra. Unfortunately, the worm did not return and instead lodged in his bladder. This risky practice is sometimes called sounding
Naturally, the (ahem) sound decision was to do nothing. For months, he repeatedly sought medical treatment for urine infections, all the while keeping silent on this extra contents. Eventually the ongoing repeated infections spread and, after three weeks of increasing back and leg pain, he was admitted to hospital for a fuller investigation.
After medical imaging found an unexpected mass in the bladder, he eventually relented and admitted to the sex toy incident. Despite longterm complications, the worm was un-burrowed from his innards, and his life saved despite his best efforts to the contrary.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7489780/
Chronic Infectious Complications of Recreational Urethral Sounding With Retained Foreign Body
Submitted on 02/23/2021
Submitted by:
Iona Macdonald
Reference:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7489780/