Two Wisconsin nurses have been terminated from their jobs for taking cell phone pictures of a patient’s X-ray. [LINK]
The x-ray showed a sex toy lodged in the rectum of a male patient.
Photos of the x-rays were then posted on a Facebook page belonging to one of the nurses. The nurse denies posting the photos on her page and has since deleted the FB page.
The patient was not identified on the Facebook page, yet the case has been forwarded to the FBI for investigation into possible HIPAA violations.
Many gay men (and heterosexual men) derive great pleasure from inserting a variety of unusual objects into their rectums. Problems occur when the fragile blood filled tissue inside the rectum begins to swell or the bowel is punctured and bleeds profusely.
A perforated bowel can lead to a life-threatening emergency.
Medical personnel often joke about these cases in private. It’s their way of coping with a sometimes stressful occupation.
