Man Suffers “Scrotal Necrosis” After Cobra Bites Balls While Sitting On Toilet
Reminder to be careful while pooping in a wildlife reserve:
Doctors in the Netherlands claim they’ve seen the first-ever case of “scrotal necrosis” from a highly venomous snouted cobra, after a snake bit a man’s balls from inside a toilet. The 47-year-old patient was on vacation in South Africa at a wildlife reserve when the cobra surprised him from below. He waited three hours for a helicopter to fly him to the nearest trauma center, according to the report, during which he felt a burning pain spread from his genitals up into his abdomen and chest. When he arrived at the hospital, he had “swollen genitals with a deep purple discoloration, indicating scrotal necrosis,” the researchers wrote. Doctors administered eight doses of snake venom antiserum, as well as medications to control his fever, dialysis for injury to his kidneys, and debridement of his sack and shaft that involved excising a lot of his genital tissue.
Miraculously, the man survived, and his penis doesn’t look that bad after the debridement and skin graft, all things considered. (Yes, there are photos.)
[Vice: Man Experiences ‘Scrotal Necrosis’ After Cobra Bites His Balls]
