{"id":19102,"date":"2026-06-07T22:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=19102"},"modified":"2026-06-07T22:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:23:05","slug":"man-turns-up-at-hospital-after-injecting-semen-into-his-arm-for-18-months-to-relieve-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=19102","title":{"rendered":"Man turns up at hospital after injecting semen into his arm for 18 months to relieve pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A man landed himself in hospital after attempting to cure his back pain by injecting himself with semen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, alternative medicine<\/a> isn\u2019t anything new or revolutionary, as we\u2019re more than likely familiar with practices such as acupuncture<\/a> or old wives\u2019 tales about drinking hot water with honey and lemon to cure a sore throat, however one Irish bloke decided to take this idea to the absolute extreme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a 2019 Irish Medical Journal (IMJ)<\/a> entry \u2013 punnily titled \u2018\u201cSemenly\u201d Harmless Back Pain: An Unusual Presentation of a Subcutaneous Abscess\u2019 \u2013 an unnamed man somehow concluded that the best way to treat back pain wasn\u2019t pain relief, a hot compress or improving one\u2019s posture, but instead grabbing a needle, filling it with some of his own spunk and injecting it into himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angry Ginge reveals mum\u2019s house burned down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The logic which the man used to arrive at this idea is not known, but what happened next is well documented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The man had purchased needles online and injected himself over a span of 18 months (Getty Stock Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case study details that the man, who was 33 at the time, had sought medical attention<\/a> after experiencing a \u2018severe, sudden onset lower back pain\u2019 after \u2018lifting a heavy steel object three days prior\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a physical exam, doctors noted that the man also had visible swelling in his lower right arm, which he then confessed was from injecting semen into the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man then revealed that he\u2019d been using the DIY remedy for around 18 months, his back pain had been going on longer than three days, after purchasing a hypodermic needle online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctors noted that he had an \u2018extravasation\u2019 of semen into the soft tissues, which means the semen had leaked into the surrounding tissue, the result of numerous failed injection attempts and a high white blood cell count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happens if you inject semen into yourself?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now I\u2019d hope this would go without saying, but it\u2019s really not a good idea<\/em><\/a> to inject yourself with semen using a needle you\u2019ve purchased online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An X-ray showing the swelling at the location where sperm had been injected (IMJ)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this instance, the man developed a subcutaneous emphysema \u2013 which is when air or gas finds its way into the deepest layer of the skin \u2013 as well as swelling and oedema (swelling caused by excess fluid).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was admitted to hospital and given intravenous antimicrobial treatment to treat cellulitis, a bacterial infection which develops in the deeper layers of tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other complications also include anaphylactic shock, tissue death and sepsis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case study added that his back pain improved while spending time inpatient, however, he ultimately discharged himself before completing his treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To absolutely no one\u2019s surprise, there are no other cases of a person injecting themselves with semen for health reasons, and the IMJ ruled against others doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile it is the first-ever described case of intravascular semen injection and associated abscess in the medical literature its lessons can be applied on a broader scale,\u201d the study concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He was immediately admitted to hospital and given anti microbial treatmet (X\/IMJ)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe dangers of venepuncture when carried out by the untrained layperson are highlighted as well as the vascular and soft tissue hazards surrounding the attempted injection of substances not intended for intravenous use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe case also demonstrates the risks involved with medical experimentation prior to extensive clinical research in the form of phased trials inclusive of safety and efficacy assessments.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A man landed himself in hospital after attempting to cure his back pain by injecting himself with semen. Now, alternative medicine isn\u2019t anything new or revolutionary, as we\u2019re more than likely familiar with practices such as acupuncture or old wives\u2019 tales about drinking hot water with honey and lemon to cure a sore throat, however one Irish bloke decided …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19104,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19102\/revisions\/19104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}