In Egypt, a man had severe stomach pain for six months. He went to a hospital where doctors examined him and took x-rays. They were shocked at what they saw in his stomach, and also by how long it had been in there.
There have been reports of people who have swallowed a variety of objects and were then admitted to the emergency room in critical condition. One man swallowed 40 knives, another swallowed a pound of nails and screws, and one woman accidentally swallowed a condom that invaded her lungs.
But this story is probably the first one about a man who swallowed a phone - whole!
Egyptian doctors were shocked to see a man who had swallowed an entire phone.
The patient admitted that he had swallowed the device six months before he came to the hospital, but at that time he was too embarrassed to ask for help. He hoped that the phone would leave his body naturally, but since unfortunately it remained he was really suffering.
The small phone blocked the passage of food in the digestive tract and also caused life-threatening abdominal damage that required immediate surgery. The operation took place at the Aswan University Hospital.
Muhammad al-Dahshuri, chairman of the board of Aswan University Hospital, said it was the first time they had seen a case like this, according to the United Arab Emirates newspaper Gulf Today.
So far, there hasn’t been an official update on the man's health condition but it’s estimated that he will recover completely.
And yet one question remains: Why did he swallow his cell phone??!!