An Indian man spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed from his stomach.
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According to Dr Jatinder Malhotra, the lead surgeon, "He had a wild urge to consume metal. Even for us, the experienced surgeons, it was frightening."
"We were so nervous...a small mistake could have taken the patients life. In my 20 years of practice, I have never seen anything like it."
Malhotra said it took his team about two days to form a diagnosis and a surgery plan.
The five-hour operation took place in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, a Sikh holy city in the state of Punjab. Some of the recovered knives were about seven inches long.
The patient, a 42-year-old father of two, told CNN he's feeling much better.
"I 'm sorry I let my family down. I 'll be forever thankful to doctors and hospital staff for saving my life," he said.
On why he started eating knives, the patient responded, "I don't know why I used to swallow knives, I just enjoyed its taste and I was addicted...how people get addicted to alcohol and other things, my situations was similar." he said.
Meanwhile Dr. Malhotra says the patient is now "out of danger" and is set to be discharged in a couple of days. However he won't be discharged until he's cleared by psychiatrists.
Malhotra believes the patient has a very rare mental disorder that most likely has not been published in any international medical journal.
Source: CNN
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