Boy, 11, almost crushes his penis after placing toy magnets on either side ‘out of curiosity’
- The unknown boy from Japan was in pain and had to call an ambulance
- The magnets stayed on for two hours after other surgeries refused to treat him
A Japanese schoolboy suffered excruciating pain after nearly crushing his penis when his experiment went horribly wrong.
Sharing eye-opening details of the incident in a medical journal, doctors told how the 11-year-old attached two 1cm magnets to either side of his penis ‘out of curiosity’.
However, they both got stuck.
Even the emergency services found it ‘impossible’ to remove both magnets because the boy was in so much pain.
Sharing eye-opening details of the incident in a medical journal, doctors told how the 11-year-old attached two 1cm magnets to either side of his penis ‘out of curiosity’ (stock)
Two hours later, he was finally relieved of his pain by doctors who tried to pull them in “opposite directions.”
Doctors from Toho University Medical Center in Tokyo immediately applied ‘ointment’ to the crush wound.
Doctors said soThe boy was discharged later that day after reporting no problems.
The next day he returned to the outpatient clinic, where he was able to urinate and claimed to have no complications.
To write Clinical case reportsdoctors told how such incidents can damage the urethra.
The magnets were neodymium magnets, one of the strongest types in the world.
They are used in hard drives and mobile phones children’s toys.
Reports of doctors removing the magnets from the urinary tract or anus are becoming increasingly common, the doctors warned.
Given their size, children often ingest them accidentally.
Neodymium is a material that begins to crumble and erode in stomach acid.
The risk becomes even more extreme if more than one magnet is swallowed, because if they become separated, they can twist parts of the intestine and stomach between them, cutting off the blood supply.