Man, 34, swallows whole banana wrapped in CONDOM - Iowa doctors desperately try ... trends now
A man in Iowa was hospitalized after eating a banana wrapped in a condom, doctors who had been tasked with removing the fruit have revealed.
'Otherwise healthy,' according to the doctors, the unnamed man and his plight was cited in a renowned medical journal earlier this week, and serves as world’s first case of its kind.
After administering a CT scan, doctors discovered the blockage, and immediately rushed the patient into potentially life-saving surgery.
After the fact, doctors discerned that the unnamed 34-year-old - who waited more than a day to own up to the deed - swallowed the contraceptive-cradled fruit in a fit of 'hormonal rage'. The man was eventually discharged and has since made a full recovery.
A man in Iowa was hospitalized after eating a banana wrapped in a condom in a 'fit of hormonal rage,' doctors wrote in a newly released case study that detailed the man's lifesaving surgery
The patient underwent invasive surgery to remove the fruit, which doctors said ultimately proved successful. Pictured is the prophylactic-wrapped obstruction, shortly after its removal
In a move that likely sent waves though the field of medicine, medical journal Cureus published a case study detailing the case, writing how the first patient arrived to their Iowa hospital reporting symptoms off abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.
Additionally, the study authors wrote, the patient had been 'unable to tolerate any food or drink' - and reportedly was bordering on more than 24 hours without a bowel movement.
Those symptoms, docs said, surfaced the day after the man - who was not identified - ingested the prophylactic-covered fruit, an act that he begrudgingly owned up to after undergoing X-rays that revealed the unusual obstruction.
The patient promptly underwent invasive surgery to remove the fruit, which doctors said ultimately proved successful.
