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!

  • celeste@kbin.earth
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    4 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…

  • Wahots@pawb.social
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    5 days ago

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

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
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    5 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

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
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      4 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.

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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      4 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
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        4 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

  • HM05@lemmy.world
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    5 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
  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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    5 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. Bro 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 side effects, you likely will not have access to sterile gauze or sterile saline, 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.

  • muse@fedia.io
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    5 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.