- The unidentified man waited six months before seeking medical attention.
- He was diagnosed with adjustment disorder and prescribed antipsychotics.
A man suffered extreme pain after inserting a SIM card extractor tool, an electrical cable and an elastic band into his penis.
The 48-year-old Indonesian told doctors he had never inserted any “foreign object” before.
She sought help after finding it increasingly difficult to urinate and told doctors she was “dripping.”
Blood and urine tests suggested that the unidentified man had kidney failure and a urinary tract infection.
Doctors revealed that the unidentified 48-year-old man waited six months before seeking medical attention for his injury that made him cry. But the Indonesian man, who had not previously been diagnosed with any mental health problems, did not confess why he used the tool in the first place.
An X-ray of his pelvis then showed an opaque object and a wire-like “shadow” lodged inside it.
Doctors say the presence of the metal object caused him to develop a bladder stone, which may cause the painful symptoms he suffered.
The surgeons who removed the stone, which measured 5 x 3cm, said the SIM card tool was its “core”.
Follow-up inspections revealed that it also had a 10cm electrical cord and an 8cm needle tied with an elastic band inside it.
Both objects were also removed.
The man, described as sexually active, had no documented psychiatric disorders when he originally sought medical help.
“In addition, he denied any history of self-insertion of foreign objects,” say doctors at Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital in Surabaya. in East Java wrote in a medical journal Radiology Case Reports.
Psychiatrists later diagnosed the man with adjustment disorder: an emotional reaction to a stressful event or life change.
However, they did not explain the reason for their reaction.
He was prescribed antipsychotics, medications that reduce and control the symptoms of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
CT scans later confirmed that his ureter was enlarged and that he had hydronephrosis, when one or both kidneys stretch and swell because urine does not drain properly.
He suffered no lasting damage and was reportedly able to urinate normally again just a week after the procedure.
He returned for a follow-up appointment six weeks later, where he stated that he had no complications and kidney function appeared normal.
In an article in the journal, doctors said that cases of retrieval of objects trapped in the bladder and urethra They are fortunately rare.
But they added: “More research and publications are needed to better understand these intriguing cases and improve their management.”
Sounding is when men insert items into the opening of the penis to enhance their sexual pleasure.
These are usually specially designed tools made of glass or metal.
Doctors at the International Andrology London clinic said there has been a “dramatic increase” in the number of men having urethral problems due to sound, as men “seek to expand their sexual activities and improve their sexual experiences.”