Man gets food poisoning in his manhood

Doctors have treated the first-ever case of rice-related food poisoning affecting the groin. 

A 38-year-old man sought help from urologists after suffering redness, swelling and scabbing on his manhood, which had persisted for the best part of a week.

Further investigations revealed that the troubling symptoms had begun soon after severe diarrhoea and vomiting.

They found evidence of the bacteria bacillus cereus, which is usually found in rice that’s been left out at room temperature for too long and can cause sickness and stomach upsets if eaten. 

The doctors concluded that the man’s unusual manhood infection had been caused by an episode of diarrhoea and vomiting that occurred almost immediately after ‘vigorous coitus’ with his wife.

The intimate act can increase the risk of bacteria permeating the skin due to the change in vessels.

The bacteria was said to have made direct contact with the patient’s groin. 

The doctors remarked that it was ‘unusual’ to see bacillus cereus in the skin, let alone the manhood. 

This was the ‘first case in literature’ of the food poisoning in the manhood. 

The man, a father of two, was treated using a topical antibiotic called fucidic acid, usually used to treat eye infections. 

The patient was also told wash the area ‘properly’ and avoid coitus and self-satisfaction until it healed. 

One month after the infection the patient said he had no burning, or discomfort in the manhood and the infection did not come back. 

The doctors explain bacillus cereus can cause you to be unwell just 30 minutes after eating.

Symptoms are relatively mild and usually last about 24 hours, according to the NHS.

The patient had eaten a meal containing rice with his family just a day before his symptoms started.

The study, published in the journal Annals of Medicine and Surgery, noted that penile infections usually occur after an injury that creates an open wound and typically involves the bacteria group A streptococcus.

Study authors wrote: ‘In this current case, it is plausible that the diarrhoea and vomitus which contaminated the manhood post intercourse is likely the source of the skin infection.’

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