A Pain in the Ass
Here’s a case with an important lesson at the heart of it: Don’t eat sharp pointy things.
The medical tale was reported by doctors in Japan. A 67-year-old man had visited them after experiencing two months of pain along his right buttock and thigh. Suspecting that he had a spinal condition known as stenosis, doctors prepared to perform surgery. But just before the procedure, a CT scan revealed a 7-centimeter “rod” lodged in his rectrum. The man’s pain then worsened, and doctors quickly worked to remove the object, which turned out to be a toothpick. With the literal pain in his ass gone, the man’s symptoms disappeared as well. According to the doctors, this sort of predicament is likely to be “extremely rare.”
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