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Over 1 kg of nails, bolts, screws, knives found in man’s stomach; spine-chilling deets inside

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 4 October 2021, 14:39 IST
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In a shocking and outlandish medical case has left doctors stunned in Lithuania where over a kilogram of nails, screws, and knives were found in a man’s stomach. The bizarre thing is that the man had been swallowing metallic objects after quitting alcohol.

According to Daily Mail, the man, whose identity has not been revealed, was admitted to a hospital in the Baltic port city of Klaipeda after severe pain in his abdomen.


When the doctor conducted an X-ray, they left shocked after seeing several pieces of metal (around 10 centimetres) inside his stomach.

Though foreign bodies found inside a human’s body are not uncommon, this case was unique.

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Doctors also described this case as ‘unique’ because of the huge amount of metallic objects found in a human’s body.

However, the medical personnel managed to conduct the surgery and remove all the metallic objects after a three-hour operation.

According to surgeon Sarunas Dailidena, “During the three-hour operation with X-ray control, all foreign bodies, even the smallest ones, in the patient’s stomach were removed.”

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Another head surgeon Algirdas Slepavicius, at Klaipeda Hospital, said, “We’ve never seen anything like it.”

After the surgery, the man is in a stable condition and recovering. He is also being given psychological assistance at the hospital.

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First published: 4 October 2021, 14:36 IST