7:00AM BST 27 Jul 2011
The man was apparently frustrated with the painful medical condition, and took matters into his own hands - alarming his wife, who immediately called 911.
"She said her husband was trying to remove a hernia. He was frustrated," said Sergeant Tom Lorenz of Glendale police, east of Los Angeles, after the incident Sunday.
"Pending arrival of paramedics, he removed the butter knife himself," he said.
The man was placed on a psychiatric hold - a legal term meaning confining a patient to prevent them from self-injury - and taken to hospital where he was reported to be in a stable condition.
But doctors said he had probably only made his condition worse.
"It is absolutely impossible for someone to fix their own hernia," Sam Carvajal, a surgeon at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, was quoted as saying by the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
"Obviously, there is some amount of psychosis going on," said Mr Carvajal, adding that repairing a hernia is relatively easy, and usually takes about 20 to 30 minutes for a trained surgeon.
do-it-yourself tutorial vid on how to remove hernia..lol
this is nice on youtube... "HOW-TO"
Causes of hiatal hernia vary depending on each individual. Among the multiple causes, however, are the mechanical causes which include: improper heavy weight lifting, hard coughingbouts, sharp blows to the abdomen, tight clothing and incorrect posture.[5]Furthermore, conditions that increase the pressure of the abdominal cavity may also cause hernias or worsen the existing ones. Some examples would be: obesity, straining during a bowel movement or urination, chronic lung disease, and also, fluid in the abdominal cavity.[6]Also, if muscles are weakened due to poor nutrition, smoking, and overexertion, hernias are more likely to occur.The physiological school of thought contends that the above mentioned are not the true causes of hernia, but are instead an (anatomical) symptom of the true, (physiological) cause. Based on hundreds of observations during dissection, they have concluded that the risk of hernia is due to a physiological difference between patients who suffer hernia and those who do not, namely the presence of aponeurotic extensions from the transversus abdominis aponurotic arch. [7]When a hernia is not repaired, it may become incarcerated or strangulated. When strangulation occurs, there is a danger that part of the intestine be caught in the hernia cutting off blood supply to the tissue. Also, when a bowel obstruction occurs, it leads to severe pain, vomiting, nausea and inability to have a bowel movement or pass gas. Men are more prone to suffer inguinal hernias than women, and they risk a damage to their testicles if a hernia becomes strangulated.[8] Also, the pressure caused on the hernia's surrounding tissues may extend into the scrotum causing pain and swelling.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernia
hahahahaha.......................lmfao
He may b a nut, but in reality with US medical bills and long queue for appointments, the less fortunate tends to take the nutty way out
SS - you have to make your tongue numb..u can put ice cubes on it..Yeah,the proper thing is ask permission.lol.
lol..you're such a brave gurl...how can u endure the pain...i can do earpiercing by myself but having tongue or my nose pierced is something that i have to think about that i have to consult all the members of my family...but yeah, i like that idea..lol.. another "wishful thinking..
SS - I had one before on the first one u mentioned,the next thing i remembered my grandpa told me to pack my things and get out of the house..Ohh,those memories..:p
No way could you cut yourself with a butter knife... it'll be like scooping your heart out with a spoon.
No way could you cut yourself with a butter knife... it'll be like scooping your heart out with a spoon.
i'll pierced your tongue and your nose..lol
SS - LOL..sure.that's what friends are for.
ps, i can do the peircing for you..if you want i'll do it..lolz
HBoss26 - My only problem is not being too brave to put piercings all by myself..:p
Sarah you have hernia too? hahahaha..
That sounds.....horrifying ! The poor man's pain must have driven him mad... Audubillah to be in his shoes. Hope he gets all the physical and mental treatment he so badly needs..
thn was he Psycho
Being brave or being miserly had nothing to do with it, or they wouldn't have put him under psychiatric assessment. Sounds to me like dementia or alzhiemers.
goodddd..how i wish im that brave..;)
so cool
Obviously he's a nutter. Everyone knows that he should have used a steak knife and sealed the wound with tartar.
people in US r amazing. Wht a intelligent guy ! was he trying to save his medical bill. people in US r so miser :(
really sick... he is badly desperate to cure his self...
Do-it-yourself!!Probably an IKEA guy.
Ouch. O_o
He is as nutty as a fruit cake