Woman suffers serious injuries after ‘accidentally’ wearing a sex toy during an MRI scan – she escapes with her life
A patient suffered horrific injuries after having a sex toy inserted into his rectum during a medical procedure.
The device was located in the patient’s back passage during a routine MRI scan, resulting in a dangerous reaction between the powerful magnets and the metal parts of the toy.
According to a gruesome scan image, the result was the object being dragged upward by the patient, potentially damaging organs and tissue along the way.
Images circulating on social media that have been viewed millions of times show the item inside the patient.
The photo was shared in May last year by X user ‘DreadPirateZero’, who captioned the image: ‘Never wear a butt plug to your MRI appointment. My god…’
The post detailed how the powerful magnetic forces used to create the detailed MRI scans reportedly pulled the metal core of the silicone toy through the patient’s rectum and into the chest cavity at the ‘speed of sound’ .
The patient reportedly bought the sex toy because it was “100 percent silicone,” which — even though it was still not recommended to insert it during a scan — would have been safe from interacting with magnetic energy.
But unbeknownst to the buyer, the toy had a metal ‘core’ that responded to these magnetic forces.
An image shared in a now-deleted post on the internet forum Reddit shows the apparent aftermath of a patient suffering horrific injuries from wearing a sex toy during an MRI scan
MRI stands for ‘magnetic resonance imaging’ and, unfortunately for the patient, powerful magnetic forces pulled the metal core of the silicone toy through their rectum and up into their chest cavity at the ‘speed of sound’. Stock image of an MRI
While details remain unclear, a case reported to health officials sheds light on what may have happened.
This report, filed a day before the scan image was shared on the Internet, tells of a 22-year-old patient who was left behind ‘screaming’ after undergoing an MRI scan and rushed to hospital.
The unnamed health worker who filed the report said the patient did not reveal she had the sex toy inside her before the scan began.
They said: ‘She went in for the MRI and when the MRI was over and the technician pulled the table out, the patient started screaming.
“The patient stated that she felt nauseous, in pain and felt like she was going to pass out.
“An ambulance was called for this patient and she was sent to hospital.
‘The patient was checked on site by the radiologist prior to transport to ensure the patient was doing well.
“The patient has not yet called back to try to see how she is doing.”
A butt plug is a sex toy that people insert into their buttocks for pleasure, but inside they can get ‘lost’, which can necessitate an awkward trip to the hospital
Experts told MailOnline that a person could theoretically suffer significant injuries from such an event and similar scenarios have occurred in the past.
Professor Adam Taylor, an expert in human anatomy at Lancaster University, told MailOnline that the sex toy was unlikely to move ‘at the speed of sound’.
“The speed at which ferromagnetic materials move in an MRI field is proportional to the mass of the object and how far away it is from the magnetic field,” he said.
‘Things like paperclips or hairpins can easily reach speeds of 65 km/h when they are in the field.
“Since this ‘toy’ was mainly silicone with a metal core, there is a possibility that it was moving at speed, but not near the speed of sound.”
He added that such an event, if it were to occur, could be very serious.
“Internal objects that have a ferromagnetic interaction can move within the body and damage major blood vessels, nerves or organs, causing traumatic injury and possibly even death,” he said.
Professor Taylor said there had been previous cases involving patients with serious mental health problems who, unbeknownst to staff, had swallowed metal objects and suffered horrific injuries during an MRI.
One such case involved a 65-year-old man with schizophrenia who swallowed objects such as metal sockets and a hinge pin and found his stomach torn open during an MRI.
In a similar incident, a young child who swallowed eleven small magnets during a scan suffered a serious bowel perforation.
The study found that the number of cases where objects need to be removed from the rectum is increasing, with cases increasing mainly in men. According to NHS data, there were 514 procedures to remove objects from the rectum between April 2021 and March 2022
People in their early 50s were most likely to have an object stuck in their rectum, followed by people in their 20s
Other incidents where patients had weapons with them before undergoing an MRI have also resulted in injury or death because magnetic forces cause the firearm to discharge, with fatal consequences.
Professor Taylor said doctors were well aware of the dangers posed by metal objects in MRIs and ask patients if they have devices such as pacemakers or regularly work with metal as part of minimizing the risks.
‘People with certain professions may also need extra checks. People who work with metal may have small fragments in and around their eyes or under their skin, which can be problematic if they move during the scan,” he said.
Professor Taylor advised people not to insert a sex toy or other object into themselves before an MRI, even if it was not made of metal.
“Inserting sex toys or anything else into the body is not recommended, it can cause complications during the procedure and if the medical staff is not aware of it, it can delay the treatment,” he said.
‘Putting sex toys or other things into the body during an imaging procedure can cause artefacts on the image, which could mean the person looking at the scan could miss something important.’
‘Checklists and protocols for medical procedures and scans are there for a reason, to ensure that you receive the best treatment. Anything that reduces this efficiency could result in the need for additional surgeries, repeat imaging or worse.”