Woman swallows 119 nails?

longhorn_22 · Post by **longhorn_22** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:38 pm

Docs remove 119 nails from woman's stomach

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Physicians removed 119 nails - many of them rusty - from a woman's stomach months after she apparently swallowed them, a doctor said.

The 43-year-old woman arrived Wednesday at Hospital No. 121 in the southern city of Can Tho City, complaining of a severe stomachache, Dr. Tran Van Nam said Friday.

"After having her stomach X-rayed and scanned, we found a stack of strange objects and decided to operate as soon as possible," he said.

During surgery, doctors removed 119 nails, each about 3 inches long. Many were rusty, indicating they could have been in her stomach for months, Nam said.

The woman's stomach was scratched by the nails, but she did not suffer any major injuries, he said.

"Her life is not at risk now, and she is recovering," Nam said, adding that the patient was expected to be discharged soon.

How in the sam hell do you swallow 119 nails? Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb .

Post by **SonomaCat** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:52 pm

I hope she at least won whatever bet it must have been that led to that.

longhorn_22 · Post by **longhorn_22** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:59 pm

The thing that gets me is that she swallowed them "months" ago. That kills me every time I read that.

Post by **SonomaCat** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:08 pm

longhorn_22 wrote:The thing that gets me is that she swallowed them "months" ago. That kills me every time I read that.

I bet she dreads every trip to the bathroom (or what would pass for such in rural Vietnam) for a #2!

grizzh8r · Post by **grizzh8r** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:45 pm

Darwin Awards candidate who failed maybe??

GOKATS · Post by **GOKATS** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:38 pm

Probably didn't have an iron deficiency.