Stunned surgeons had to cut open a thrill seeker’s abdomen to remove a huge sweet potato he’d stuck up his bum.
The 61-year-old reportedly inserted the 17cm (7in) spud “out of boredom” at around 11pm, then went to sleep.
He was woken in the middle of the night by sudden, intense abdominal pain.
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Attempts to pull the root veg out manually or pass it naturally failed.
By 4 am, the pain became unbearable, and he rushed to a local hospital in Chengdu, China.
Baffled doctors tried breaking the tater into pieces, but it was too tough to crack.
They then attempted to grip it with a wine bottle opener but that too failed.
After consulting with the patient, the medics decided a laparotomy was necessary, as reported by Need To Know.
They opened his abdomen and removed the sweet potato directly, finally bringing the ordeal to an end.
The item measured about 17cm long and just under 7cm (3in) wide, according to Dr Xu Guolin, deputy director of the hospital’s proctology and dermatology department.
This was far from the first unusual rectal admission.
In November, doctors in Taichung, Taiwan, discovered a ceramic cup lodged upside down in a man’s rectum.
He had sought help after being unable to pass stool for three days.
Surgeons opened his abdomen and intestine to remove the vessel.
When asked how it had ended up inside him, the patient reportedly told Dr Wu: “I don’t know, it was an accident.”
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