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A man from the Netherlands had to have reconstructive surgery on his penis after suffering a bite from a cobra while sitting on the toilet.
The otherwise healthy 47-year-old was on vacation in South Africa at a nature reserve when the cobra struck from the toilet and clamped on to his genitals, according to the details published in Urology Case Reports .
The man waited three hours to be transported by helicopter to the nearest trauma centre, some 350 kilometres away, after suffering what the medical journal described as the first case of snouted cobra envenomation of the genitals.
During that presumably torturous wait, the victim reported feeling a burning sensation in his genitals and a pain that ascended through his groin to his flank, upper chest, and abdomen.
https://vancouversun.com/health/dutch-man-undergoes-penis-reconstructive-surgery-after-snake-bite-on-toilet/wcm/b0de19a0-a7d3-40d3-b577-d64bbb40b2e6
agingdem
(7,875 posts)it's both sad and grotesque..
cayugafalls
(5,669 posts)At least you added the cute snake emojis
Irish_Dem
(48,123 posts)And then the reconstructive surgery is not going to be a picnic either.
Poor guy.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,725 posts)In the mans follow-up appointment, doctors found the wounds had successfully healed and function and sensation to his penis had fully recovered.
3Hotdogs
(12,469 posts)"All in all, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." Field's character's last words, standing on a gallows.
Captain Zero
(6,868 posts)His epitaph.
mockmonkey
(2,845 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,911 posts)Its closer than Florida and cheaper.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,725 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)mockmonkey
(2,845 posts)I thought it was a trouser snake?
mbusby
(823 posts)"Looked like a snake to me!"