- This time, on “Things That Shouldn’t Be Inside Your Bladder…”
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) aren’t that uncommon of an ailment, but they’re no laughing matter. There’s a whole bunch of reasons why your pee canal might get infected.
We can now add another entry to that list. Having a glass tumbler in your bladder for four years apparently causes a UTI.
Who would’ve thought?
But how in the world do you end up with a drinking glass in your bladder? Gather ‘round, everybody, and listen to our story. It’s going to be a weird one.
Large Stones
The source of our tale is a recent case report published in the journal Urology Case Reports. Its heroine, or at least the main character, is a 45-year-old woman from Tunisia.
For roughly a year, the woman had suffered from a condition called urgenturia. It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like — a constant feeling or urgently having to pee.
The woman had seen doctors about her condition several times over the year. The treatments she’d received provided at best temporary relief before the symptoms came back.
When the woman returned to the hospital once again, she repeated the usual routine. Her urine sample showed the presence of both red and white blood cells — a common issue with UTIs.
This time, however, the doctors decided to dig a little deeper and got an X-ray of her pelvic area. They probably couldn’t believe their eyes when the pictures came back.
Inside the woman’s bladder was a gigantic bladder stone, measuring about 2.7 by 3.1 inches. And within the stone was a strange, rectangular object.
Needless to say, this isn’t something you should have nesting in your bladder. So, the doctors promptly ferried the woman off to surgery.
The operation was successful and the surgeons pulled out the stone. When they cracked it open, they discovered a small, green drinking glass.
Two days later, the woman left the hospital and has been fine since.
What’s Eating Her?
Alright, so the doctors found the tumbler. But as you can imagine, they probably had some follow-up question about the situation.
The primary one was, how the **** did the glass get in there.
Because the woman put it in there, that’s why. Well, to be more precise, she didn’t shove the glass up her urinary tract — just her vagina.
The woman told the doctors that four years ago, she had been using the glass as a sex toy. And hey, we don’t judge, but you should usually remove any gadgets from your orifices once you’re done.
That’s what the woman neglected to do. Somehow, she forgot that the tumbler was still up her vagina.
Of course, a drinking glass doesn’t belong in anyone’s vagina. Over time, it caused a massive inflammation that started eating away at the tissue between the woman’s vagina and bladder.
Eventually, the fleshy wall between the two body cavities eroded altogether, forming a vesicovaginal fistula. That’s fancy doctor talk for “there’s now a direct tunnel between your vagina and your bladder.”
This must’ve been when the glass migrated from gentle embrace of the woman’s vagina into her bladder. And then the separating tissue started healing, causing her bladder to swallow it.
Love Yourself, but Responsibly
The doctors, unsurprisingly, have some words of wisdom to anyone considering putting a glass up their vagina. They say: “The best treatment [for similar conditions] remains preventive by balancing the underlying etiopathogenic disorder and by a good sex education.”
In plainer words — don’t.
The vagina is a sensitive organ, unsurprisingly, and you shouldn’t stick whatever happen to have on hand in there. If you do intend to get your rocks off on your own time, it’s best to use a purpose-built sex toy, made out of safe materials.
Additionally, you might want to get a probe with a flared base, or some other kind of method of retrieving from your personal depths. You know, just in case things get stuck.
And finally, for the love of everything good on this planet, take whatever you used out of there once you’re done.