A man has suffered from scrotal mortification – or death of tissue on the scrotum – after a snake bit his genitals while he was on a relaxing ( until that point ) vacation in South Africa .
The 47 - yr - old from the Netherlands was staying on a nature military reserve when , " while toileting , " a serpent " struck from the toilet and bit his genitals , " his doctorswrite in Urology Case Reports . Being far from a infirmary , he had to wait for three hour to be airlift to the near injury center . In the meanwhile , the crapper snake was identified as a snouted cobra ( Naja annulifera ) .
The snake in the grass , while not commonly aggressive , willstand its ground if it feels trapped – say , if someone ’s buttcheeks and genitals are kibosh their exit from a toilet .
Before he arrived at the hospital , the patient experienced pain in the ass all the way from his groyne to his upper breast , plus a fire sensation in the unfortunate genitals themselves . Though the spitefulness of the snake is neurotoxic , he was lucky enough to head off any neurologic symptoms – though lot is relative when you ’ve been bitten on the penis hour out from medical attention .
Upon reaching in hospital , he was amply conscious , had developed a fever , and " had swollen genitals with a deep purple discoloration , betoken scrotal gangrene " . Eight disk operating system of venom antiserum were administer and he was transferred to intensive care , where he necessitate dialysis for acute kidney injury before he stabilize .
The mortification in his genitals stabilized too , at which point the medical team performed a surgical debridement , dispatch the dead tissue paper . There are , of course , images in the case report , though we ’d notify against look at them .
In even better news , he had the doubtful honor of becoming the first vitrine ofN. annuliferaenvenomation of the privates line in the aesculapian literature .
" Our take base content ? " the squad conclude in their report . " Always flush the throne before sitting down in countries ill-famed for their Snake River universe . "
