>Insertion of foreign objects into the rectum is a well-described phenomenon and not an uncommon referral to the general surgeon on call. Although usually not life-threatening, there can be consequences following migration of the object or perforation of the large bowel. This study looks at the incidence of removal of foreign objects from the rectum over the last decade and the financial burden it presents to the NHS.
>A total of 3,500 rectal foreign bodies were removed over the course of 9 years. Males accounted for 85.1% of rectal foreign bodies whilst 14.9% were females. This equates to 348 bed-days per annum. Admission peaks were observed in the second and fifth decades of life.
>This study shows that the incidence of rectal foreign bodies is higher in men and has been increasing over the period studied. Most foreign bodies can be removed trans-anally with the use of anaesthesia, with only a small proportion of patients requiring hospital stay over 24 hours (mean length of stay = 24 hours). Nearly 400 rectal foreign body removals are performed each year with an annual cost of £338,819, illustrating the effect this has on NHS resources.
The nurses from A&E at work have told me a lot of stories about this. A lot of them are repeat offenders, interestingly. It seems like it's akin to flashing or something like that, where part of the whole game is having to go through that embarrassing trip to the hospital and tell them you fell on it while you were redecorating the kitchen in the nude.
>>35888 Jesus can you actually imagine falling on something with enough force to penetrate your anus? How fucking painful would that be. I wouldn't be giving sly looks in A&E, I'd probably have passed out and be bleeding all over the floor.
>>35898 I think it'd be hard to get the angle right. It'd most likely perforate something, either going through your arse cheek or tearing through your rectal walls.
>>35905 I have never heard of Orbeez. (Apparently they are brightly-coloured balls which expand when soaked in water). How big do they get? I threw up in an all-you-can-eat restaurant once after eating myself to heroic fullness and then drinking the free tap water and discovering that most of what I ate expands when it comes in contact with water. That was certainly not a comfortable experience, but I didn't have to go to hospital. Do Orbeez go from, say, marble-size to golf ball-size? Tennis ball-size?
I'm not familiar with that particular brand, but sodium polyacrylate can absorb several hundred times its weight in water. Swallowing it would be a Very Bad Idea, partly due to the risk of bowel obstruction and partly due to the risk of extreme dehydration.
>>35909 I had some sympathy until he started sticking his hand into sewers and then I realised he was too dumb to live.
Also I'm now confident you could take out London with coordinated Orbeez strikes in the right locations. Forget dirty bombs or a smallpox attack, these little spheres of doom are much scarier.
>The bomb squad was called to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Thursday (December 2), after a patient was admitted with a mortar shell stuck in his rectum.
>Troops from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment rushed to the Gloucester hospital after being notified by police "that a patient had presented with a munition in his rectum."
>The man was a military enthusiast who found the shell while clearing out, but somehow "tripped" and fell onto the 57mm piece of army ordnance that landed him in hospital, according to The Sun.
>>36227 I think that the quoted dimension is generally the diameter of the bullet-y bit. If he'd got the whole shell in, you'd have to have some grudging respect.
