July 7, 2025
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Doctors remove 15cm spoon from body of Chinese man: Patient thought it was a dream; traces it back to Thailand drinking episode

A 29-year-old Chinese man unknowingly lived with a 15cm coffee spoon inside his body for nearly six months after accidentally swallowing it while being intoxicated in Thailand.The man, identified as Yan, only discovered the foreign object when he visited a doctor in Shanghai in June, suspecting he had swallowed plastic while eating takeaway food.Instead, scans […]

Toothbrush in intestine: Rare surgery helps doctors remove item after 52 years; man says accidentally swallowed it at 12

Representative Image (AI-generated) A 64-year-old man in China was shocked to discover that a toothbrush had been stuck in his intestines for 52 years. The man said he accidentally swallowed it when he was 12 years old but was too scared to tell his parents and assumed it would dissolve on its own, as reported […]