A deodorant can, cobblestones… and seven other weird things found in live human bodies
You won't believe these totally bonkers items doctors have removed from men and women over the years
WE'VE heard of a toddler swallowing little things like coins or buttons, but some of these objects found inside the bodies of grown adults are quite unbelievable.
From a can of deodorant to a set of dentures - you won't believe some of these bonkers items doctors have removed from men and women.
It begs the question - how on earth did it get in there?
Cobblestones
In 2006 a young woman in China scoffed 20 cobblestones in a fit of rage following a row with her boyfriend.
She reportedly thought she'd be able to 'pass' them out, but funnily enough they stayed on in there for several days.
And even less surprisingly, they started to cause her some discomfort as they knocked together in her tummy.
A trip to the doctors informed her she'd need surgery to get the stones out. Shocker.
An ENTIRE set of cutlery
In 2009 it emerged a Dutch woman stunned doctors when she arrived with a stomach ache - and was found to have 78 items of cutlery in her tummy.
Margaret Daalman had swallowed dozens of forks and spoons and reportedly told medics: "I don't know why but I felt an urge to eat the silverware - I could not help myself."
She was diagnosed as suffering from a borderline personality disorder that left her with an urge to eat forks and spoons - thankfully not knives.
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Dentures
Talk about teething problems in a relationship.
In a moment of lust, a woman in Romania claimed she swallowed her partners dentures.
It was reported in 2007 that the 38-year-old admitted she gulped down the false teeth while experimenting with a "special type of passionate kiss".
After spending two days in hospital thankfully they departed her body in the 'natural' way.
Live ammo
In the early 90s a WWII veteran from London who suffered from terrible haemorrhoids decided to take matters into his own hands.
He reportedly used a live artillery shell to push the swollen veins back up into his rectum - only one day, he pushed too far.
With the ammo stuck in his anus, he paid a visit to hospital to have it removed.
When asked if the shell was spent, he reportedly told doctors: "Oh no, there's enough ammo in that shell to blast a Messerschmitt out of the sky."
The army bomb squad was then called in, who apparently built a lead box around the old man's bottom and defused the shell before removing it.
A giant hairball
Earlier this month we reported how a mum had to have a foot-long hairball weighing a STONE removed from her stomach.
It emerged Sophie Cox, 23, had been yanking out her hair in her sleep as a teenager and eating it.
She was diagnosed with trichotillomania and trichophagia and is waiting to see a psychologist to work out the underlying cause of the condition.
421 coins
Clearly this chap had some trust issues with banks.
Kaleshwar Singh, from India, visited doctors with agonising stomach pains.
The reason was down to the 421 coins in his digestive system, as well as dozens of nuts and bolts and three key rings.
Kaleshwar's family members reportedly think he is suffering from 'some mania' and has a habit of eating everything he finds.
A can of deodorant
We don't think this chap from America was attempting to tackle body odour from the inside.
Visiting doctors with a can of antiperspirant lodged up his backside, he confessed to doctors he'd "done it before a few times".
The medical report concluded: "The patient was discharged on the second postoperative day. He refused psychological counselling."
Magnets
A kid swallowing one magnet we'd understand - but 30?
This eight-year-old from the US stunned doctors when they discovered the trove in her tummy.
Apparently they looked like sweets...
Felt-tip pen
We're often scratching around for a pen, but this old lady misplaced hers for 25 years.
Turns out it was in the last place she'd think of looking - her large intestine.
After visiting doctors having suffered weight loss and diarrhoea, a scan revealed the 76-year-old had a felt tip inside her, which she only then recalled swallowing 25 years previously when she used it to poke her tonsils while looking at them in a mirror.
Incredibly it still worked after they fished it out...