Man Swallows Pumpkin Seed, Pumpkin Actually Grows In Stomach
Doctors are in pure disbelief after a patient came into the ER early Wednesday morning complaining about severe stomach pains. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, is still seeking treatment in the hospital and staffÂ claim they have never seen anything like this before.âWe take on a wide number of patients day-after-day, and at this point in my career I thought that Iâve seen it all,â said Michelle Brooks, a nurse at the hospital. âThe gentlemen came in, and said his pain was a â10â² on the stupid scale weâre always using to determine how bad it hurts, soÂ we gave him the standard tests and after nothing came up out of the ordinary, we thought it might have been just gas. He begged us to run another test, so we did an ultrasound of his abdomen, and what we found was remarkable.âThe ultrasoundÂ showed a large pumpkin-shaped shadow in the manâs stomach, and doctors initially assumed it wasÂ built-up feces, which happens often in patients with IBS and other stomach disorders. It wasnât until the man mentioned that he had been snacking onÂ some raw pumpkin seeds the previous evening that the idea of an actual pumpkin being inside this manâs stomach even blossomed.âAt first we laughed, and thought it was funny how the ultrasound imagesÂ appeared to be a pumpkin, but when we looked into it further, we realizedÂ it was an actual pumpkin,âÂ said Doctor Rose. âIn my career, Iâve seen nothing like this before. The closest is the multitude of things Iâve pulled out of peopleâs anuses, like lodged bottles and Toy Story figures, but I have never Â dealt with cases of people swallowing a seed that grew.âDoctors are now attempting to break down the pumpkin with medications so the man can pass the pumpkin out properly, as they felt surgery was too great a risk in his current condition. If the medications donât work, doctors say that the only remaining method will be extreme laxatives to help the man pass the pumpkin whole.Â