Strange x-ray images. The strangest X-rays
Here are creepy x-rays, many of which defy logical explanation. It is not clear how it is even possible, of one’s own free will, to swallow a razor or a spoon? Looking at these x-rays makes you feel a bit uneasy.
Nail in the bones of the index and middle fingers of an adult man
Color photo of items the patient swallowed that became lodged in his intestines, including a spoon and blade
Pin in a woman's throat
X-ray of a patient stepping on a fork
Color x-ray of the stomach of a patient who swallowed a razor (center left) and blades (top right)
The torn finger of a patient who got into a fight with a man armed with a knife
Skull of a Chinese man who was shot in the head with a pneumatic hammer
A harpoon spear hit a 16-year-old boy in the head while fishing.
Surgical scissors accidentally forgotten in the patient's body after surgery. The scissors were discovered only 18 months after the operation, because a woman complained of constant pain in the intestines
Nail in a human skull - a patient accidentally shot himself with a pneumatic hammer. He didn’t even realize that he had shot himself - the 10-centimeter nail was discovered only 6 days later
Mobile phone in a prisoner's intestines
Knife in the head of a 10-year-old boy. The boy survived
Grenade in a prisoner's skull
A 15-centimeter kidney stone weighing 1.1 kilograms was removed from a patient from Hungary
12cm knife in teenager's skull
Knife for cutting oil in patient's eye
A Pepsi bottle in the anus of a 60-year-old man
The stomach of a patient who swallowed two forks, a ballpoint pen and a toothbrush
Vintage x-ray of the foot of a Boer War (1899-1902) soldier with a gunshot wound. The bullet lodged in the metatarsal bone between the big and second toes
A ten-centimeter rusty knife “settled” in the head of a Chinese man four years ago when he was attacked by a robber. The man had no idea about the presence of a bladed weapon in his skull. He recalls that the robber hit him on the right side of his jaw. The wound soon healed, but since then the Chinese began to suffer from headaches. At the last medical examination, the doctors took an x-ray and were shocked. After removing the blade, the man’s health immediately improved.
An unlucky Chinese man used small scissors as a toothpick, but laughed out loud while talking to his wife and swallowed the scissors. As can be seen from the x-ray, the scissors are stuck in the esophagus. Their length is 9 centimeters, width - 4 cm. The man was lucky that he swallowed the “toothpick” not with the sharp end down, but with the rounded handles, and thus avoided the unenviable fate of choking on his own blood. The thirty-minute operation in the hospital was successful. The scissors were removed and the Chinese bought himself normal toothpicks.
Six nails were found in the head of builder Isidro Mejia as a result of an accident. An air gun broke at a construction site and a man wanted to fix it. The X-ray shows what it cost him. Fortunately, surgeons were able to remove the nails from the builder's head. Vital areas of the brain were not damaged.
Dr. Nikola shows a fork that he removed from the stomach of an Israeli woman. The woman swallowed the cutlery completely by accident, carried away by an overly tasty lunch. The operation was successfully performed in the North of Israel at the Poriah Hospital.
A 37-year-old man from New Zealand was stabbed in the head by a drinking buddy. Surprisingly, after such a seemingly fatal wound, the man survived and recovered. A skillfully performed operation by neurosurgeons put the patient on his feet six months later. It seems that killing a person is actually not that easy.
Another amazing case. X-ray taken in Jacksonville, Florida. A twenty-centimeter blade protrudes from the skull of Michael Hill, whose life doctors were able to save.
Jed Brown of Rapid City was hit in the head by a fellow construction worker. The accident occurred as a result of violation of safety rules when working on construction sites. The man forgot to put on his helmet.
A 16-year-old teenager miraculously escaped death. The kitchen knife ended up in his head after he tried to stop a robber at a bus stop. The incident occurred in London. He had almost no chance of survival, but neurosurgeons did the impossible and brought the guy back to life.
X-ray of the skull of an 11-year-old Chinese schoolboy. An arrow fired from a sports bow pierced his skull almost through. The boy was saved, but the consequences of the injury will affect his mental abilities.
A two-year-old boy fell on his car keys. The accident occurred in Kentucky, USA. Miraculously, the child's vision was not affected. After the keys were surgically removed, the baby recovered quickly.
To believe that THIS could be inside a living person, you need to see their X-rays with your own eyes. We bring to your attention the strangest X-ray images in the history of medicine, from which you feel creepy and scared, and sometimes you experience surprise or even real shock.
(Total 20 photos)
1. The skull of a Chinese man who was shot in the head with a pneumatic hammer.
2. The stomach of a patient who swallowed two forks, a ballpoint pen and a toothbrush.
3. Antique x-ray of the foot of a Boer War soldier (1899-1902) with a gunshot wound. The bullet lodged in the metatarsal bone between the big and second toes.
4. Nail in the bones of the index and middle fingers of an adult man.
5. Color photograph of objects that the patient swallowed and which became lodged in his intestines, including a spoon and blade.
6. A pin in a woman's throat.
7. X-ray of a patient who stepped on a fork.
8. Color x-ray of the stomach of a patient who swallowed a razor (center left) and blades (top right).
9. A torn finger of a patient who fought with a man armed with a knife.
10. Another patient who stepped on a fork.
11. A harpoon spear hit a 16-year-old boy in the head while fishing.
12. Surgical scissors, accidentally forgotten in the patient’s body after surgery. The scissors were discovered only 18 months after the operation, because the woman complained of constant pain in the intestines.
13. Nail in a human skull - a patient accidentally shot himself with a pneumatic hammer. He didn’t even realize that he had shot himself - the 10-meter nail was discovered only 6 days later.
14. Mobile phone in the intestine of a prisoner.
15. Knife in the head of a 10-year-old boy. The boy survived.
Banana sandwiches, milkshake fries, peanut butter pickles... Some people have unusual eating habits and food preferences. However, after reading this article, you will find these small deviations completely acceptable. Check out these strange objects that were found in the human intestines (that would probably make even the most experienced surgeons shiver).
25. Bottle
The man went to a Chinese hospital complaining of abdominal pain. What the doctors found was shocking and quite embarrassing for the poor guy. It turned out that the cause of the abdominal pain was the bottle, which was surgically removed.
24. Cutlery
Margaret Daalman from the Netherlands was hospitalized with stomach pain. Surgeons at a Rotterdam hospital sent her for an x-ray and were shocked when the image showed 78 different pieces of cutlery in the 52-year-old woman's stomach. Luckily, she only ate spoons and forks, not knives.
23. Batteries
Every year there are several cases of children eating batteries. For example, in December 2013, a 13-month-old boy from Leicester, England, died from internal bleeding after swallowing a battery he found in his daycare center.
22. Live frogs
Yang Dingcai, from southeast China, says a 40-year habit of swallowing live frogs and rats helped him avoid intestinal problems and kept him strong.
21. Nail
Chinese carpenter Li Xiangyang was holding a nail between his teeth when he suddenly coughed and swallowed it. He was taken to the hospital, where doctors took an X-ray and found a nail in his right lung. Professor Hu Ke tried to remove it with a bronchoscope through his throat. However, just as he was about to pull the nail out, Lee coughed again and sucked it back in. This time the nail was in his left lung. Hu tried again, but at the last minute, Li involuntarily swallowed and the nail disappeared again. Doctors eventually discovered the nail and were finally able to remove it using a gastroscopic forceps.
20. Hand grenade
X-ray revealed a hand grenade in the terrorist's stomach. Apparently he didn't think through his plan well enough because he had no way of actually detonating the grenade.
19. Spoon
A 33-year-old woman was trying to remove a fish bone lodged in her larynx with a spoon. She accidentally swallowed the spoon and had to be taken straight to the operating room to have the spoon surgically removed.
18. Bullet
A four-year-old girl from Thane, India, swallowed a bullet in Lokmanya Nagar. The girl was playing in the neighborhood when she found a bullet lying on the ground. Assuming it was chocolate, she took it and put it in her mouth. The girl was taken to the hospital, where doctors were able to successfully remove the lead without surgery.
17. Drugs
A Nigerian man caught at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia was taken to hospital where an X-ray revealed a foreign object in his stomach. The item, as it turned out later, were 54 capsules of methamphetamine.
16. Live eel
A man in China went to hospital after reportedly becoming stuck with a live eel. A man inserted a 50cm Asian rice eel into his anus after seeing it done in porn. So he had to endure an operation that lasted all night to remove this eel. Members of the medical team reportedly said the eel, which was "just trying to find a way out," was alive when it was pulled out but died soon after.
15. Wedding ring
Kaitlin Whipple swallowed the engagement ring her boyfriend Reed Harris put in her ice cream. After Caitlin swallowed it, she was incredulous at her friend's claims that he had put the ring in her ice cream. Reed had to take her for an x-ray to prove it.
14. Scissors
Kong Lin, 27, used a 10cm pair of nail scissors as a toothpick after eating. However, when one of his friends told a joke, Kong laughed and quickly swallowed the scissors.
13. Airplane
Michel Lotito was a French entertainer known as the man who could eat the inedible. He was also known as Monsieur Mangetout. During his performance, Lotito ingested metal, glass, rubber and other materials from objects such as bicycles, televisions, or even an airplane (a Cessna 150 to be exact). It took him about two years to eat the plane. Lotito did not often suffer ill effects due to his diet, even though he ate materials that are generally considered poisonous. It apparently possessed a stomach and intestines whose walls were double thick, and its digestive acids were supposed to be unusually powerful.
12. Mobile phone
This amazing X-ray taken at a prison in San Salvador shows just how far people will go to stay connected.
11. Coins
A 62-year-old man with a history of psychiatric problems went to the emergency room in 2002 suffering from abdominal pain. Doctors were shocked when they discovered the cause of the patient's pain - there were approximately 350 coins (totalling $650) in his stomach, along with various necklaces and needles. It was all so heavy that his stomach sagged between his thighs.
10. Handle
A 76-year-old woman visited a gastroenterologist because of gastric problems including weight loss and diarrhea. An x-ray showed a pen lodged in the woman's stomach. After the pen was removed from the intestine, where it had been for 24 years, it was found to still be in working order.
9. Bed springs
X-rays from Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, showed items such as bed springs that inmates swallowed to gain access to a hospital outside.
8. Human fetus
Sanju Bhagat from India was constantly the subject of ridicule because of his overly large belly. One night he was rushed to the hospital due to shortness of breath and severe pain. When doctors tried to remove what they thought was a tumor, they were shocked to see a partially formed human fetus.
7. Key
An 18-year-old computer design student swallowed a 5cm key at a party to stop his friends from driving him home after they decided he had had enough to drink. Doctors sent him home, telling him to let nature do its thing, and the key appeared 31 hours later.
6. Large pebbles
In 2006, a girl from Foshan, China, swallowed more than 20 pebbles in a moment of anger after a big argument with her boyfriend. Initially, she thought that the stones would come out on their own but unfortunately they did not and remained in her body for the next few days.
5. Magnets
When 8-year-old student Haley Lents from Huntingburg, Indiana, found shiny metal objects scattered around her house, she naturally assumed they were candy. Soon her intestines were filled with magnets and she had to be taken to the hospital to stop them from bonding inside her intestines.
4. Light bulb
When doctors in Pakistan removed a light bulb from a prisoner's colon, he had no explanation for the highly unusual finding and seemed as stunned as everyone else.
3. Surgical forceps
Daryoush Mazarei, 57, was in severe pain after undergoing major surgery. Despite chronic discomfort and pain, Mazarei was repeatedly told that he was physically fine. When Mazar's doctors finally gave him a CT scan, they saw a large foreign object lodged in his abdomen. After reopening the patient's abdomen, surgeons found a pair of medical tweezers that had been accidentally left inside the man during his last operation.
2. Hairball
An unidentified 18-year-old woman from New England, USA, was admitted to the hospital with stomach pain and weight loss. In her stomach, doctors discovered a huge lump of hair that occupied almost her entire stomach. The patient said that she has a habit of eating her own hair. She had to undergo traditional surgery to ensure that the entire hairball was removed.
1. Fork
Lee Gardner, 40, accidentally swallowed a 22cm long fork. Doctors told him that the fork would quickly pass through the body, but this turned out not to be the case. After 10 years, he began vomiting blood and suffering from terrible stomach cramps. He underwent surgery to remove the plug in Barnsley, England and made a full recovery.
