American Journal of Medical Case Reports says that 63-year-old was recovering from surgery at time of incident

I try to read all the articles I post but for this one I noped out after 1 sentence. Enjoy!

  • muse@fedia.io
    100·
    3 days ago

    “Hahah, oh The Onion, you sure have run out of ideas, this article didn’t even have a punchline.”

    It was then that Muse realized it was in fact, not The Onion.

  • Wahots@pawb.social
    48·
    3 days ago

    The headline makes it sound way worse than what happened. Dude is fine, just reopened a surgical wound with some bulging.

      • enkers@sh.itjust.works
        9·
        3 days ago

        Honestly, a part of me was a bit disappointed that’s not what it was. I was so invested and curious to learn why that could even happen, only to find it didn’t.

        Glad he’s ok-ish, though.

    • herrcaptain@lemmy.ca
      11·
      3 days ago

      Yeah. I don’t want to say I’m disappointed, because that would suck even more for the guy, but I will say I’m a little underwhelmed.

      Also, what’s with that insane autoplay video in the article using stock video footage to tell the story? Have we sunk so low?

  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
    32·
    3 days ago

    I try to read all the articles I post but for this one I noped out after 1 sentence. Enjoy!

    I gotchu.

    Bro had prostate cancer at some point and the article says they removed his bladder. The “surgical wound” is likely a permanent ostomy, where the internal ureters (which no no longer have a bladder to drain into) are redirected right out of the abdominal wall (there’s usually a bag taped on to catch the urine). I forgot they usually just drain them into the intestines if you still have them, which is why they were involved in this. Anyway, my guy was doing well and they were pretty sure he was healed up, but age and possibly chemo both slow healing and doctors (like the rest of us) aren’t perfect. Because he was pretty sure he was healed up, he went to breakfast to celebrate, and happened to sneeze. Sneezing raises pressure in the abdomen, and busted his intestines right out of that almost healed wound. The article correctly refers to this as “wound dehiscence (opening) and evisceration (the bowels protruding).”

    In nursing school, they actually teach you specifically what to do about this specific occurrence. First you sit the patient all the way up and honestly leaning forward over their legs a little. This takes pressure off the abdominal skin so it doesn’t tear any further than it has. Then you cover the wound in sterile gauze soaked in sterile saline. If you have an abdominal surgery that has dehiscence and evisceration as possible complications, you likely will not have access to sterile gauze or sterile saline on you at all times, especially not if you’ve gotten far enough into recovery to be going to brekkie, but any reputable surgeon will be happy to provide their own specific instructions as to how to manage the situation until the EMTs arrive, which I encourage you to follow.

    • beebarfbadger@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 days ago

      At least you won’t have that particular problem again until you read about somebody who sneezed someone else’s intestines out of his body.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
      24·
      3 days ago

      Basically doctors fucked up and removed staples too soon. They did this to my ex after our second son was born. Took the staples out and she almost died from sepsis.

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
    14·
    3 days ago

    I just had surgery a few weeks ago that included robot arms going into my tummy. A few days ago I sneezed for the first time since and immediately screamed in pain. Sneezes are weirdly hard on the body it seems

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      3 days ago

      People have legit broken ribs from sneezing, also at least a few cases of snapping their own spines. I just discombobulate myself evertime I sneeze, getting punched in the face doesnt even do that.

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yikes x.x

        I’ve never broken a rib but I do have a problem rib that likes to pop out of place sometimes. Usually from coughing but I’ve managed it a couple times from sneezes

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 days ago

      I’ve got somewhat oversized lungs - not like a medical condition, just what you could call “leather lungs.” So when I sneeze, it’s sometimes actually painful. It kinda sucks.

  • celeste@kbin.earth
    6·
    3 days ago

    I remember when a relative still had a feeding tube they were leaving in just in case and he accidently yanked it out. I believe we put paper towels and blue tape over it and he called the doctor. the doctor was like ‘oh it’s self sealing it’s fine’ and my relative was all ‘doc…please look at it…’ so we took him in and he got a proper bandage and told it did in fact look fine.

    This poor florida man…

  • HM05@lemmy.world
    6·
    3 days ago

    “I also propose that we put a warning on all horseradish that clearly states that if you ingest an entire bottle, that you will blow out your sphincter. Also, if anyone knows anyone that recently died with an intact size 3 sphincter, please contact me as I am currently very low on the waiting list for a donor.”

    • Stan Smith