Heard the one about the......?

Heard the one about the guy who had an eel up his arse? Funny as it sounds this is no joke:- a Hong Kong man was admitted to A&E suffering from abdominal pain. Doctors diagnosed peritonitis and sent him for an X-Ray. To their surprise the X-Ray revealed the presence of a live eel in the mans rectum. The man claimed the eel had been inserted to relieve constipation!
The journal Surgery wrote:

"Emergency laparotomy found a 50cm eel biting the splenic flexure of the colon, and a 3cm perforation was found over the anterior wall of the rectum.

"Insertion of a live animal into the rectum causing rectal perforation has never been previously reported.

"This may be related to a bizarre healthcare belief, inadvertent sexual behaviour, or criminal assault. However, the true reason may never be known."

It reminds me of The Mighty Boosh song, "Eels", which included the disturbing lyric "Eels up inside you, finding an entrance where they can, boring through your mind, through your tummy, through your anus", check out the song here

Who would've thought The Boosh would come true, eh?