Man Hospitalized After Inserting Giant Stick Into Esophagus Due to Schizophrenia

A hospital in Guatemala, a Central American country, recently admitted a very special patient. When the 52-year-old man arrived at the hospital, he said that he had to seek medical attention urgently because of severe stomach pains. Unexpectedly, he took X After waking up, the doctor discovered that a huge stick had been inserted into the esophagus.

It can be seen from the X-ray that a huge stick “exposed” from the man’s esophagus, and the man still felt pain because of the debris of the stick. According to the “Daily Mail” citing local media reports, the 52-year-old man, who did not want to be named, said that he heard a voice in his head constantly telling him at home that he had to grow this one foot long, about 30 centimeters. , A wooden stick with a curved shape was stuffed into his throat.

When the doctor reconfirmed with the man, he remained adamant that “it was a ‘voice’ in my head telling me to do this”. Although part of the stick was against the man’s airway, there was still enough space for him to breathe, so the man was able to call a doctor. As for the man’s constant cry of pain, it was because the debris of the stick scraped the man’s lower abdomen and inside the intestines. Doctors ended up wheeling the man into an operating room after an initial failed attempt to remove the stick from his esophagus.

According to reports, the medical team managed to remove the stick from the man by cutting a hole in the man’s stomach. As for the wooden stick that was taken out, the doctor measured it and found that it was 1 foot long, 0.8 inches wide, and about 2.03 centimeters. Fortunately, this wooden stick only caused the man to die of pain, but did not damage any organs. He was also diagnosed with schizophrenia by the hospital.