Married man, 47, got glass up his ass for three days while drunk

A Nepalese man who shoved a glass up his anus had to have it pulled out by surgeons.

The constipated 47-year-old, who was not named, waited three days before seeking medical attention and initially denied inserting it on purpose.

He later confessed to medics that he had used the four-inch glass for “self-gratification” when he was drunk.

The married man from Kathmandu only sought help after unsuccessfully trying to remove the glass himself.

In the Journal of Nepal Medical Association, medics claimed that he had been unable to defecate for two days, but was still passing wind.

The man eventually confessed to medics that he had used the 12 cm long glass for “self masturbation” when he was drunk. The first attempts to remove the glass from the rectum of the man in the hospital failed. With no other choice, the man’s stomach had to be cut to allow the team to get closer to the object

Although the man reported pain, his abdomen was not distended, nor did he have any anal injuries or bleeding.

The date of the incident was not revealed in the case report by doctors from Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital.

On examination, his mood and behavior patterns were ‘normal’ and he had no history of psychiatric illness.

X-ray scans showed a water glass in an inverted position in the upper rectum and colon.

Doctors ruled out performing a sigmoidoscopy – a procedure that allows medics to see inside the sigmoid colon by using a flexible tube with a light on it – for fear that the cup would break “on removal.”

But initial attempts to remove the glass from the man’s rectum at the hospital proved unsuccessful.

Asked to lie flat on his back with his legs in the air, surgeons tried to pull the cup out manually.

However, they failed because the glass “could not be grasped for removal” and there was “a significantly high risk of glass breakage, which in turn could lead to injury to the gut,” medics said.

With no other choice, the man’s stomach had to be cut to allow the team to get closer to the object.

Doctors felt the glass in the colon, but again were unable to pass the glass through the anus “because the glass was high, inverted, and clamped tightly.”

Surgeons then decided to perform a sigmoid enterotomy — where an incision is made in an intestine — and successfully retrieved the cup that way.

After surgery, he received pelvic drainage, often used to prevent fluid buildup following operations, as well as to check for any leaks.

After five days, the man was able to start defecating again, while the drain was removed on the sixth day.

He was discharged a week after surgery, and a follow-up appointment two months later revealed there were no complications.

Discussing the issue of rectal insertions in general, the medics noted that most cases of men getting objects stuck in their rectum are men between the ages of 30 and 40.

They added that items such as soda and beer bottles, deodorant containers, wooden or rubber objects, bones and batteries had all previously been found stuck in the back of the patient.

A 2021 study from The Royal College of Surgeons of England found that it is becoming increasingly common for objects to be removed from the rectum by the NHS. Cases increased especially rapidly among men

Most patients are usually drunk when the items are inserted, doctors said.

The retrieval of objects lodged in the rectum was first described in medical literature in the 16th century.

NHS doctors are no strangers to dealing with similar incidents, with data analysis from last year finding that around 400 ‘foreign’ objects are extracted from English anuses each year.

This was estimated to cost the taxpayer around £340,000 a year for things like medicines to carry out procedures and the manpower of NHS staff.

People usually insert objects into their rectums for sexual pleasure, with medics noting that these incidents are “increasing.”

This is partly due to the number of nerves in the anus making it highly sensitive, and for men it can also stimulate the prostate, an erogenous part of the male reproductive system.

In women, it can also indirectly stimulate parts of the vagina.

But inserting objects into a rectum, also known as anal play, carries a number of risks.

In addition to lodged objects, they can also potentially perforate the intestine, which can be fatal as material from the digestive tract can travel to other parts of the body and cause infection.