Delhi man swallows 39 coins, 37 magnets to get zinc for Body-Building

Doctors removed as many as 39 coins and 37 magnets from a 26-year-old man’s intestine

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The man came to a Delhi's hospital with complaints of vomiting and abdominal pain that had gone on for more than 20 days

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The patient told the doctors that he swallowed the coins and magnets under the assumption that ‘zinc helps in bodybuilding’

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According to the patient's family, he was also on treatment for a psychiatric illness

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X-ray and CT scan of the patient showed a huge load of coins and magnets causing blockage of the intestine

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The doctors then removed all the coins and magnets and opened his intestines

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Doctors said that a total of 39 coins (Rs 1, 2, 5 coins) and 37 magnets were recovered from his stomach

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Doctors noted that some of the magnets were shaped like a heart, sphere, bullet, triangle and star

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