Eel feel that in the morning: Horrific moment surgeons pull a live foot-long EEL out of a man’s belly after it ‘slid up his colon and bit through his intestine’ in Vietnam

Shocked doctors removed a 30cm long live eel from a man’s stomach after it ‘slid through his large intestine’ and ate through his intestines.

The 34-year-old man from Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh province was admitted to hospital with severe abdominal cramps on Wednesday after complaining of abdominal pain.

He was given an X-ray and an ultrasound, which revealed a foreign body lurking in his abdomen.

It had caused him intestinal perforation and peritonitis, where the inner wall of the abdomen became swollen and very painful.

The patient was rushed into surgery to remove the mysterious object.

It was believed that the eel entered the patient’s body by entering his anus, sliding down his colon and biting through his intestine.

When surgeons opened his abdomen, they were stunned to see the slimy creature that had entered the man’s body.

Horror footage shows medics using pliers to pull out a giant eel as long as a standard ruler.

The surgeons proceeded to carefully remove the necrotic colorectal segment of the man’s intestines.

The delicate operation in Hải Hà district miraculously went smoothly and the man was quickly stabilized after the ordeal.

He was kept in hospital for observation with only mild abdominal pain.

When asked how the eel got into his stomach, the patient could not answer.

But doctors believe it entered his anus, slid down his colon, bit through his intestines and ended up in his abdomen.

What surprised them most was that the eel was still alive when they removed it.

Doctor Pham Manh Hung told local media: ‘This is a rare case, the rectum is a place with a lot of stool and prone to infections.

‘However, the operation was carried out safely.’