I have seen a lot of stories online of people getting things stuck in there and doctors having to remove it, even items like cucumbers. I get that an item with a highly irregular shape could get stuck. But if it’s something long and rounded, why can people not just poop it out? Is it because the item isn’t soft enough?

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
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    6 months ago

    I’m guessing that at some point your rectum cramps closed and the foreign object ends up being trapped behind the sphincter.

    Note that I’m not a medical professional, nor do I pretend to be one on the internet. I do have personal lived experience of constipation induced cramping and it’s not fun, not to mention, painful to the point of passing out.