Lego bricks, TV remotes and a snowglobe are among the thousands of items that have been removed from people's bottoms in Britain's hospitals, a survey has shown.
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The items were disclosed after more than 100 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests were sent by the Press Association to hospital trusts nationwide, requesting data on 'rectal foreign bodies' from A&E and Urgent Care departments since 2022.
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Medical staff at hospitals in Lewisham and Greenwich, south London, had to remove Lego bricks in balloons, beer and shampoo bottles, a toothbrush and door handle from patients' rectums.
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Hospitals in the Birmingham area recorded multiple visits to remove items such as a phone and a coat hanger.
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In Berkshire, hospitals removed a Nerf bullet, boiled egg, Coke can, potato and both a deodorant bottle and toilet brush handle in one go.
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Edible objects included cucumbers, courgettes, grapes and an apple.
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Among some of the other items people needed help removing were TV remotes, children's toys, a cocktail stirrer and a bank card.
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Metal screws, tweezers, razor blades, a knitting needle, knives, paper clips and a screwdriver also made the list, as did a snow globe, branch, candle, Kinder egg, parsnip and wallpaper scraper.
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Lego bricks, TV remotes and a snowglobe are among the thousands of foreign objects that have been removed from people's bottoms in Britain's hospitals
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According to the survey, v apes, beer and shampoo bottles, a toothbrush and a door handle had also been removed
Of the 106 hospital trusts who received the FOI request, only 11 responded with an itemised list
Data analysed showed that in 2022 more than 1,500 people attended A&E for a 'foreign body in rectum'.
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Chris Nordstrom, an A&E consultant at Northwick Park Hospital, north-west London, said: 'Thankfully, incidents of this kind are relatively uncommon but, when they do occur, our priority is to provide safe, compassionate and non-judgmental care.
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'We would always encourage anyone experiencing difficulties to seek medical attention promptly rather than risk further injury.'
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Of the 106 hospital trusts who received the FOI request, only 11 responded with an itemised list, because some did not hold the information or cited cost as an exemption.
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In 2021, it was reported that doctors had spent more than £3million extracting items out of rectums over the past decade.
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Scientists had analysed NHS records to determine how many 'manual removal of foreign body from rectum' procedures were conducted in hospitals between 2010 and 2019.
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They found doctors have had to remove 3,500 objects.
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The team claimed the trend – costing the NHS roughly £340,000 a year – is becoming more of a problem.
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Over the years the Daily Mail has reported on people using toothbrushes, aerosol cans, toy figurines and eggs in their pursuit of sexual pleasure
In 2021, it was reported that doctors had spent more than £3million extracting foreign objects from British people's bottoms
People most commonly shove objects into their rectum for sexual pleasure.
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This is partly to do with the number of nerves in the anus making it highly sensitive, and for men can stimulate the prostate, an erogenous part of the male reproductive system.
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For women it can also indirectly stimulate parts of the vagina.
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Over the years the Daily Mail has reported on people using toothbrushes, aerosol cans, toy figurines and eggs in their pursuit of sexual pleasure.
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The researchers speculated the rise of internet porn and access to sex toys may be behind the rise in cases by inspiring people to try the practice.
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The researchers, led by Swati Bhasin, worked out the average anal extraction costs almost £850 per object.
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This price tag incorporates the costs of performing the procedure, including such factors as anaesthetic drugs, the time of health staff and the hospital stay.
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Men made up the vast majority of incidents, accounting for 85 per cent of the cases.
And the over 60s accounted for about one-in-six of the total cases according to the report published in the Royal College of Surgeons of England Annals.
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