A yellow eel with a diameter of about 1 centimeter and a length of 15 centimeters was successfully removed. According to the report by Chutian Jinbao: A male adult believed in an online "folk remedy" and bathed with eels in order to remove dead skin from his body. Unexpectedly, a small eel suddenly entered his urethra and coiled inside his bladder. It was only after surgery that the eel was completely removed. Yesterday, Zhang Nan (a pseudonym), who was still feeling a bit apprehensive, was discharged after recovery.
Zhang Nan, 56 years old, is from Honghu. According to his account, he saw online that some small fish in hot springs could bite off dead skin on the body, so he also wanted to try it out to "beautify" his body. On the morning of September 4, he bought more than ten small eels from the street market. At 9 o'clock, he started sitting in a bucket with the eels for a bath. Not long after, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower body. Looking down, he found that a small eel had actually entered his urethra. By the time Zhang Nan realized what had happened, the eel was already halfway in. He tried to pull it out, but the eel was too slippery, and before he knew it, the entire eel had slipped inside. Soon after, Zhang Nan clearly felt the eel struggling fiercely inside him. Frightened, he thought that urination might help “push” it out, so he anxiously waited at home. By noon, he couldn't bear it anymore and took a car to Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University for treatment.
After performing an ultrasound, doctors indeed found a long object inside Zhang Nan's bladder. The next morning, the doctors began surgery, first attempting to remove the eel using a cystoscope. However, when they tried to clamp it, they found that the eel's flesh was somewhat loose, and its smooth surface made it hard to grip. Worried that the eel might break inside the body, the doctor had to make a small incision in the patient's lower abdomen to extract it. Half an hour later, an eel with a diameter of about 1 centimeter and a length of 15 centimeters was successfully removed intact, but it had already died (as shown in the picture on the right).
"The male urethral opening is usually only 0.8 centimeters wide, but because the eel's surface has mucus which acts as a lubricant, it managed to smoothly enter," said Dr. Xia Yue, the chief surgeon and associate professor of Urology II at the hospital. He mentioned that his department has encountered many patients who inserted foreign objects into their bodies, with more females than males. They have previously removed thermometers, pen refills, steel needles, but this was the first time they encountered an eel. These patients often resort to such unconventional methods due to being in a state of sexual repression. Doctors warn that once a foreign object enters the urethra, it can affect various bodily functions. Although surgery can remove the foreign object, the risk of infection is very high, and there may be residual fragments left behind. Therefore, one should not "play with fire."
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