The Weirdest Medical Cases of 2022

It’s not a proper list of weird medical tales without someone getting something stuck in their butt, and this year is no exception.

In July, doctors in India detailed a case in which a 50-year-old man had inserted a water bottle into his rectum. The bottle, which apparently contained 250 milliliters of water, was stuck up there for three days before his wife brought him to the emergency room, during which time the man developed abdominal pain and was unable to defecate. “Because of his embarrassment and fear of his wife,” the doctors wrote, the man did not disclose what had happened. And it was only after he got an ultrasound that they finally found the culprit.

The doctors were able to safely remove the bottle without causing serious complications like bleeding, and after five days in the hospital, he was released in good condition, along with a referral to a psychiatric clinic—a common practice for these cases.

It’s not a proper list of weird medical tales without someone getting something stuck in their butt, and this year is no exception.

In July, doctors in India detailed a case in which a 50-year-old man had inserted a water bottle into his rectum. The bottle, which apparently contained 250 milliliters of water, was stuck up there for three days before his wife brought him to the emergency room, during which time the man developed abdominal pain and was unable to defecate. “Because of his embarrassment and fear of his wife,” the doctors wrote, the man did not disclose what had happened. And it was only after he got an ultrasound that they finally found the culprit.

The doctors were able to safely remove the bottle without causing serious complications like bleeding, and after five days in the hospital, he was released in good condition, along with a referral to a psychiatric clinic—a common practice for these cases.