Chinese man has an eel enter his penis, then bladder after spa treatment

[RandySF]

A Chinese man thought he would look years younger after bathing with live eels in a spa treatment designed to remove dead skin. Instead, one of the eels meant to eat the man's dead skin cells decided to enter his penis through the urethra.

Yes, it swam up his penis and into his bladder.

According to Metro.co, Zhang Nan, 56, tried to grab the six-inch eel before it could swim all the way up inside him, but the eel was too slippery for him. From the story:

'I climbed into the bath and I could feel the eels nibbling my body. But then suddenly I felt a severe pain and realised a small eel had gone into the end of my penis,' the 56-year-old from Honghu, Hubei province said.

'I tried to hold it and take it out, but the eel was too slippery to be held and it disappeared up my penis.'



http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=97426#ixzz1XtZb9Brn

[notadmblnd]

1. What some people won't do.

:shrug:

[Richardo]

2. What an enlightened civilization...

Oh, and: OW!!!

[sudopod]

61. Clearly an indictment of 4000 years of history.

:sarcasm:

[Skittles]

3. I'm sending this to some male coworkers I am angry with

should settle the score :D

[pinboy3niner]

11. Send with it...

...a certificate (make it yourself) for one free Deluxe Eel Spa Treatment. :)

[Skittles]

21. OMG pinboy3niner

:rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. In lieu include one of these

No a photo of the real deal is too cruel.

[pinboy3niner]

39. That's not so bad

As you can understand, I had the 'pleasure' at least 5 times that I can think of off the top of my head.

Worse was the naso-endo-trachial tube (memory's rusty, but I think that's what they called the feeding tube). I even pulled it out myself once (and managed to convince them to reverse the doc's order to re-insert it).

Worse yet was the anesthesia tube inserted into the lung through the nose. It's preceded by an injection in the throat with what looks like a horse syringe and the coating of the nostril with some kind of cocaine paste, iirc.

As you know, catheterization is a routine and common hospital procedure, and it's really not so bad. Especially compared to the eel it may be chasing, in some cases! :)

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. Yeah I know it is common

And yes NG tubes ARE nasty bidness.

We did not have a training manichin. I'll let you use your imagination.

When dad needed one though I could help and empathize.

[Jamastiene]

74. Lol

:evilgrin:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Ok this is funny, in a sick way

[Occulus]

15. You're not a man

:scared:

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. Having done the specific medical procedure

That's why it is funny in a very sick way.

[Occulus]

31. Okay, NOW it's funny

:rofl:

You've actually done the procedure to remove such a thing? Seriously?

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. No the procedure to insert a foley

Catherization.

[WildEyedLiberal]

5. Man, I don't even have one and that turns my stomach

:scared:

[sce56]

8. Turns stomache? Is that the testicles retracting you feel? You know the self defense feeling you get

when hearing the name Bobbit!

[Occulus]

14. *CLENCH*

:o

[WildEyedLiberal]

16. Well, as I am not a dude, it's gonna have to be my stomach turning

Sorry :P

[sce56]

36. Sorry I understand a woman would not know that feeling it is a primitive defensive instinct!

[Zookeeper]

38. Women have urethras also and catheters are equally painful...

for us. This story is universally cringe-inducing. :scared:

[sce56]

46. Cremaster Reflex! Like I said it is a male thing.

Protecting the testes
Although the testes are happiest in the slightly cooler temperature in the scrotum, this is a vulnerable position. They are not very well protected here. So the cremaster reflex probably developed as a way of quickly pulling the testes out of harm’s way. Men often experience a contraction in the scrotum when experiencing sudden danger, or even hearing about gory accidents. There was some correspondence in the New Scientist magazine about this a few years ago. One man described contractions in the scrotum when driving at night in his low-slung sports care whenever a large rock loomed ahead. I have also read that Sumo wrestlers can train themselves to draw their testes up for protection during competition, but I do not know if this is true.

The cremaster reflex can also protect the testes from over-cooling, by drawing the testes upwards into the cosy groin if the environment becomes too cold. Doctors reported a case of a 25-year-old-man who repaired fridges. He had pain in his testes whenever he worked inside large ‘walk-in’ refrigerators. The doctors found he had an unusually powerful cremaster reflex.

[Zookeeper]

72. I didn't read the thread carefully before posting....

I get your point. Thanks for the interesting info about it, too.

[pipi_k]

65. I wasn't exactly thinking catheters...

I was thinking 7 lb babies exiting a tube normally about five times narrower than the baby itself.

:scared:


An aside...my MIL, while here and bedridden, had to have a catheter inserted. One morning I went to empty the bag and noticed there was nothing in it. What the....????

Well. During the night, she had somehow managed to pull the catheter out. You know...with the bulb thing on the end and all, that's meant to keep it from being pulled out.

I still cringe thinking of it.

[Zookeeper]

73. Ouch!!!

At the age of five, my daughter had to have a catheter inserted as part of a test related to her diabetes. She was normally quite stoic, but she was hysterical during that. I was completely freaked out, too, knowing how painful it is.

As far as childbirth, I liken it to trying to pass a bowling ball.

[Initech]

28. I do have one and I was freaked out by the mere headline!

:scared:

[hlthe2b]

6. The future of medicine for the uninsured-- handy dandy catheterization...

Easy peezy..... :evilgrin:

[RKP5637]

7. OMG! n/t

[theophilus]

9. I HATE it when that happens! n/t

[Duer 157099]

10. That poor eel. No doubt it drowned in urine in his bladder.

Now the poor man gets to pass the dead eel back out the same way it entered.

Ouch.

[Occulus]

17. He'll probably need surgery, actually.

Urine is sterile until it leaves the body, but if you introduce a living thing- carrying its own bacteria, by the way- into the bladder... well, I imagine Bad Things follow if it's not immediately removed.

[Lucian]

19. The article says that the man had a 3 hour operation to remove it.

[tblue37]

25. No--the article said it took a 3-hour operation to remove the eel, and yes,

it was dead.

On edit: Sorry--I wasn't saying no to the post above mine, but to the same post the post above mine was responding to.

[datasuspect]

70. NO ONE EVER THINKS OF THE EELS

[lpbk2713]

12. I have an image in my mind's eye ...

of a sperm cell swimming upstream. :shrug:

[Occulus]

13. ohmyGODohmyGODohmyGOD

I thought the spiny, urethra-seeking fish in the Amazon was bad enough

NOW THIS

I. Will. Have. Nightmares. About. This.

Thanks awfully.

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:D

[Sheepshank]

24. I saw that episode!!!!

where the creepy thing swam upstream in the man's urine stream and entered his penis. I though that was a one in a million...I guess it's more like a two in a million

[Occulus]

34. Oh, it was scarier than that

the damned fish is evolved to swim up there. As in, this fish does that. All the time.

I'm never swimming in South America. Never ever.

[Beacool]

37. What are you all talking about?

What fish are those?

;(

[MilesColtrane]

41. Candiru

*shudder*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

[Beacool]

49. Eeewwww, gross!!!

"These smaller species are known for an alleged tendency to invade and parasitise the human urethra"

It says that they live in the Amazon river. So, the safe thing is not to go swimming in it.

:scared:

[pinboy3niner]

57. Good name for a horror movie--or a rock band :)

[Occulus]

45. It's a parasitic freshwater catfish, of all things

It swims up the urethra and deploys spines to keep itself in place.

This is on the order of brain parasites and other Monsters Inside Me (a show I will not ever in my lifetime voluntarily watch).

;( is right!!!

[Beacool]

51. I had never heard of this fish.

It must be pretty painful to get rid of these fish once they enter the urethra.

Note to self, never go swimming in the Amazon.

:(

[InvisibleTouch]

69. You can swim in the Amazon...

...just don't pee in it. The fish is attracted to the urine stream.

[pinboy3niner]

71. That was debunked

See the link posted by Miles Coltrane in #41.

[leftstreet]

18. Peneel implant

:beer:

I can't believe I clicked on this thread

[vaberella]

20. What is going on with 50+ Chinese men and eels? This is the second case I've read.

The first one had it up his rectum. Ugh.

[billyoc]

22. Man, if I had a nickel, am I right guys!

:evilgrin:

[Kennah]

29. Several men, a nickel, alcohol, a dare, and someone is visiting the ER five cents shy

[Lucian]

23. I wonder how many men cringed when they saw this.

I did!

[tblue37]

27. Ooooohhh! I know I know!--ALL OF THEM!!!

[Kennah]

30. Did he consider trying to beat is out?

[Beacool]

35. Just one more proof that men will do the stupidest things.

It sounds like an episode from Jackass.

:eyes:



:7

[Gemini Cat]

42. why Why WHY did I click on this thread!?

:scared:

Ouch.

[LadyHawkAZ]

43. Ew. Just...ew. n/t

[Capitalocracy]

44. only one thing to say about this one

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!1!

[Warren DeMontague]

47. Does it even need to be said?

This is why you don't bathe in a spa full of live eels.

[petronius]

48. Unless you have a really tiny penis

Probably safe, then...

[Warren DeMontague]

55. I'm sensing a market for 'urethra netting'

just a thought.

[Odin2005]

50. OMG!!!

[Recursion]

52. Thanks; I was getting tired of my old nightmare (nt)

[chill_wind]

54. LOL!

I'm not even a male, but I could see how this would do it. Aieeee..!

[Renew Deal]

56. lol

:rofl:

[CanonRay]

53. Major league pucker factor n/t

[Kennah]

58. Does Trojan make an eel skin condom?

[Kennah]

59. Any sperm in the urethra would have said, "WTF was that?!"

[TwilightGardener]

60. Or they'd say, "YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!!"

(John Candy flashback)

[KamaAina]

62. "Is that an eel in your pants, or are you just glad to see me?"

:evilgrin:

[KamaAina]

63. Well, that puts me squarely off unagi

:puke:

[yawnmaster]

64. Another one who chose a poor time to let it hang out. eom

[Kennah]

66. It could have been much worse: "Chinese man's penis enters an eel"

[Jamastiene]

75. ...

:spray:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

67. I wonder what my insurance company would say about that

The insurance execs are slippery as, well, eels. I think they'd try to slither out of paying for that operation.

[pinboy3niner]

68. You mean they'd leave you on the hook...so to speak

:(

[Kennah]

76. I'm not sure which is worse. They try to slither out. Or they try to slither in.