More than one kilogram of metal nails and screws were extracted from the stomach of a man who started voluntarily swallowing them after quitting alcohol, strange behavior that wasn’t explained in any capacity and will surely end up causing addicts to keep to their habits as a result.
The Lithuanian doctors at Klaipeda who were in charge of the man (who was kept anonymous for “patient confidentiality”) conducted an x-ray of his stomach after he conveyed having excruciating abdominal pain – the x-ray showed various pieces of metal of up to 10cm in size (4 inches) in his body, objects the man apparently forgot he consumed.
According to one of the surgeons, all the metal obstructions, from the smallest to the largest, were extracted from the patient’s stomach over the course of a three-hour operation.
The head surgeon at Klaipeda said they’ve “never seen anything like it” in regards to the medical case, and the victim was sending these metal objects down his throat over the last month as a result of quitting alcohol, though no explanation as to why was given.
The patient was said to be in a stable condition after the procedure.
They don’t call him “iron man” for nothing at least.
This chap can make a heavy-duty metal detector sweat like no one’s business..props to him for being alive with that though.
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Sounds like the guy has Pica, a mental disorder that compelled people to eat stuff like this.
That’s one way to deal with iron deficiency.