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- 38-year-old went to hospital complaining of severe weight loss and lethargy
- Doctors found strange foreign body protruding into bladder from her vagina
- Toy had caused her potentially life-threatening internal damage
- Woman admitted she was under influence of alcohol when she used the toy
- Other similar cases include woman who had foreign body for 35 years
The 38-year-old woman arrived at hospital complaining of severe weight loss, shaking and lethargy.
She had also experienced mild incontinence for 'a few weeks'.
On further examination, doctors were shocked to discover a strange foreign body protruding into her bladder from her vagina.
The 38-year-old woman admitted she was under the
influence of alcohol when she used the toy (circled) and claimed she
couldn't remember removing it or not
Surgical removal of the item at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary revealed it to be a five inch (11cm)-long sex toy.
Medical staff were even more taken back when the woman revealed she had used the sex toy with her partner ten years ago.
She also admitted she was under the influence of alcohol at the time - and claimed she couldn't remember removing it or not.
The woman had a normal IQ, no signs of depression or psychosis and had not been subject to any abuse, according to the case report.
But the sex toy had caused her potentially life-threatening damage.
The woman was suffering from a rare 'vesicovaginal fistula' – an abnormal tract which allows urine to flow into the vagina.
She also had an obstructive uropathy, where a blockage in the bladder causes urine to back up into the kidneys.
After removing the sex toy, doctors managed to repair the damage and the woman was later discharged.
One doctor at the hospital, who was not willing to comment on the patient's specific case, confirmed it was highly unusual for such a large foreign object to go unnoticed in the majority of instances - by patients or their partners.
This is because the vagina is full of nerve endings and is extremely sensitive, he says.
The patient’s case - reported in The Journal of Sexual Medicine - is the first time a sex toy has been left inside a woman for as long as a decade.
A previous case report from 2009 describes how
doctors discovered a 3 x 5 cm foreign body in a 72-year-old woman's
vagina - but she and the doctors were unable to work out what is was
However it’s not the longest time an object has remained hidden in a woman’s vagina.
A review of similar cases uncovered a report of a woman who'd had a foreign object lodged in her vagina for 35 years.
Other bizarre items that have been discovered include a hairspray cap, a cylindrical tin container, a plastic cup and a child’s toy.
One case study from 2009 even describes how doctors discovered a 3x5 cm foreign body in a 72-year-old woman’s vagina - but she and the doctors were unable to work out what is was.
Doctors say people usually deny knowledge of the existence or origin of such items when they are initially discovered, due to embarrassment or fear of recrimination.
The practice is common in patients suffered from Münchausen syndrome – a psychiatric condition where the person feigns symptoms in order to gain attention or sympathy.
Psychiatric disorders, alcohol abuse, and child abuse are also common among these patients.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2704017/Surgeons-discover-5-inch-sex-toy-womans-vagina-10-YEARS.html#ixzz38PmuUxzy
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