GRUESOME pictures show a dead fish inside the bum of a male patient who reportedly told a nurse he had “accidentally sat on” the creature.
The unnamed man, 30, who was treated by medics in Guangdong, China on June 3, complained of intense abdominal pain lasting over one hour, reports say.
Doctors attempt to remove a fish from a man’s bum in China[/caption]
The patient, from Guangdong, claims he sat on the creature[/caption]
The fish was so big, medics were unable to remove it via the man’s bum and were instead forced to perform surgery [/caption]
It is not clear whether the fish – which was a Mozambique tilapiaman – was alive or dead when it was stuffed up the man’s backside.
The tilapiaman can grow up to 15 inches in length although the exact size of the fish involved is not known.
X-ray pictures show the beast was over an inch wide.
When questioned by a nurse, the patient claimed he had “accidentally sat on” the fish.
According to a chat transcript circulating on Weibo, the health worker said: “Do you think I’m an idiot?”
The 30-year-old underwent an emergency endoscopy – however medical experts were unable to retrieve the dead fish because it was too big.
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Its spiny fins had also caused ruptures in the patient’s large intestines, leaving surgeons with no choice but to open up his abdomen.
The fish was retrieved from the man’s bowels, reportedly causing much gagging among medics in the operating theatre due to its smell.
While the ordeal was extremely painful and required surgery, the patient is not thought to have been in any life-threatening condition.
It is unclear whether the fish was alive or dead when it was inserted although the creature had passed away by the time it was removed from the man’s bum[/caption]
The huge fish was a Mozambique tilapiaman[/caption]
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