Husband suffers bizarre penis infection after dinner and ‘vigorous’ sex

A man left doctors baffled after seemingly contracting food poisoning in his penis after eating rice and having “vigorous intercourse”.

A man left doctors baffled after contracting an unusual bacterial infection in his penis after eating rice and having “vigorous intercourse” with his wife.

As reported by The New York Post, the 38-year-old was treated by doctors in Lebanon. The incident – “the first case in literature describing such an entity” – was detailed this month in the Annals of Medicine & Surgery.

A few hours after being intimate, the unidentified man suffered severe diarrhoea and vomiting. He then experienced penile swelling and redness for about a week before finally seeking medical help.

A man left doctors baffled after contracting an unusual bacterial infection in his penis.

Doctors at the American University of Beirut Medical Centre examined his scabbed penis, took a swab and ultimately put it down to Bacillus cereus, a bacterium found in soil, vegetation and contaminated food such as reheated rice and vegetables.

Some 63,400 cases of Bacillus cereus illness are reported in the US each year, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The condition is known as “fried rice syndrome” because if rice is left out at room temperature, it can produce toxins that cause diarrhoea and vomiting. Reheating doesn’t destroy the toxins.

Doctors put the infection down to so-called ‘fried rice syndrome’.

Symptoms emerge within six to 15 hours, with most people recovering within a day.

This case, however, is extraordinary.

“The recovery of B. cereus from the penile infection in our patient reveals the first case of such unusual infection,” the case report read.

The father-of-two reported that he had eaten rice with his family a day before he started to experience symptoms. His wife said she was symptom-free.

“The patient denied having any trauma to the penis or laceration, or any accidental bite during the intercourse time,” the doctors wrote.

They suspect that he contaminated his penis with his vomit and diarrhoea after sex with his wife – “likely the source of the skin infection”.

The man had to abstain from sex and masturbation and apply fusidic acid ointment, a prescription antibiotic, to his penis three times a day after washing and gently drying the area.

His condition appeared to have completely resolved at his one-month check-up.

This article originally appeared in The New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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